# Wishbone storage

**URL:** <https://nonsuch.discourse.group/t/wishbone-storage/591>\
**Category:** Google Mirror\
**Created:** [April 27, 2025, 1:17pm UTC](https://nonsuch.discourse.group/t/wishbone-storage/591 "2025-04-27T13:17:20Z")\
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**Author:** ![mikequill](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/ea5d25/32.png) [@mikequill](https://nonsuch.discourse.group/u/mikequill)\
**Post date:** [April 27, 2025, 1:17pm UTC](https://nonsuch.discourse.group/t/wishbone-storage/591/1 "2025-04-27T13:17:20Z")

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Greetings all. Storing the wishbone on the deck is ideal because it keeps it in a horizontal plane. When yards believe they are doing you a favor by storing it vertical on its side, they seem to forget what happens when water collects in the lower tube and freezes.

Cheers  
Mike Quill

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**Author:** ![Encore249](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/c6cbf5/32.png) [@Encore249](https://nonsuch.discourse.group/u/Encore249)\
**Post date:** [April 27, 2025, 2:39pm UTC](https://nonsuch.discourse.group/t/wishbone-storage/591/2 "2025-04-27T14:39:42Z")

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My yard tapes every hole with shrink wrap adhesive type tape on the mast and boom before storage. Bob Horne, N26C, 249, ENCORE, Pocasset, MA.

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**Author:** ![Vela33](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/user_avatar/nonsuch.discourse.group/vela33/32/159_2.png) [@Vela33](https://nonsuch.discourse.group/u/Vela33)\
**Post date:** [April 27, 2025, 6:04pm UTC](https://nonsuch.discourse.group/t/wishbone-storage/591/3 "2025-04-27T18:04:08Z")

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I like the idea of having the yard take the boom ashore while I’m working on the mast. I bet they will charge an additional lay charge for it (mast was $175/day two years ago, probably more now) but it might be worth it given the hassle of setting up the boom to ride on the deck while I drive the boat to/from my slip in a different marina. It will only be for a day or two and I doubt that it has been cold enough in San Diego to freeze water in the boom since the last ice age, so I’m more worried about them finding a rack to safely store it in. It’s not exactly shaped like a sloop’s boom.

Brian Godfrey  
Vela, NS33, San Diego