Rich, I was lucky to find some aluminum tubing of a matching diameter to the width of the gudgeon. I had to fabricate a "Y" at the top of pieced together oak. I used stainless 1/4" 2 with lock nuts on the bottom 2 gudeons. Seems to work. Fair Winds....Larry with Old 189 - M-15 -----Original Message----- From: montgomery_boats-bounces@mailman.xmission.com [mailto:montgomery_boats-bounces@mailman.xmission.com] On Behalf Of Daniel Rich Sent: Saturday, August 17, 2013 4:19 PM To: For and about Montgomery Sailboats Subject: M_Boats: Broken Mast Crutch on my M15! Montypals: I got home after sailing today and noticed that my mast crutch had broken! One of the welds broke at the gudgeon. So, I need to replace it somehow. It is a metal one that came with the boat. I'm thinking that building a wood one would make some sense here. Anybody got plans for one? How would I attach some kind of pintles at the bottom? Should I just use bolts down there somehow? Any thoughts greatly appreciated! Daniel Rich M15 #208 "Kestrel" danielgrich@gmail.com