Figures... it's a Harken traveler. Lame-o product prob'ly shrugged that support off deliberately then bashed itself up against your mast's luff track. Shoulda replaced it long ago with the cheaper-but so-much-better 'other brand'
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<br>(Sorry, Basket Case, couldn't resist, with 2-count-em-2 harken posts on the same day... please forgive me, if we were in a bar after sailing all day I'd buy you a beer and listen to your tale of woes with interest and sympathy - - sounds like you've taken a shelackin' !!!)<br><br>