I see that the spin tang is fixed to the mast and doesn't rotate around. Most of the spin setups allow the block at the top to rotate around the mast so the spinnaker doesn't try to un-rotate the mast. That doesn't necessarily explain the issue - but I'm thinking that maybe the mast went under some kind of whipping/twisting motion when the spin loads let go suddenly and that left the kink where it is.


Jake Kohl