Hi team-
I bought a 2006 getaway, 3rd owner. I've had her out a few times, and had a great time. Took down the mast today, as we live on a lake so I kept her rigged. I noticed this major crack in the comptip, through the fiberglass, as well as hairlines throughout the comptip. My brain says bite the bullet and buy a new comptip, if not a new mast entirely, but I wanted to see if y'all had any advice.
I've poked around the forums, and the non-replacement solution that I could come up with is drill out the mast head and halyard lock, cut off the broken portion, and reattach the mast head and lock. This would leave me with a 6-7" shorter mast, but I'm not racing her, so I'm not stressed.
It looks like the crack started around the rivet and got worse, is this a sign of water in the mast freezing and expanding over the winter?
https://imgur.com/a/LFxV6KN