I've recently moved with my family back from Scotland to South East England. Got a haulier to transport "Rockhopper", our 26S on a flat bed truck as I didn't fancy driving nearly 500 miles up north and then down again. During transport it seems that the mast support bent (the U shaped bit that holds the rubber roller, not the straight metal pole) and the mast must have crashed onto the coach roof
. Nothing else broke and there is not even a scratch on the gel coat, just some superficial marking from the mast that easily washed off. A sign of the great quality of the 26S build. I wonder if the haulier did tie the mast at the height of the support too tight and strapped mast and hull together onto the truck 
. I've managed to bend the mast support back into shape, and at least at the moment the mast is resting safely on it whilst "Rockhopper" is on hard and is not being moved. I do worry, though, that this might happen again, particularly worry about material fatigue and that perhaps next time this might just snap. So might just have a new one made by our local "Mr Stainless". Also, I've noted that with the mast stepped it is hanging through in the middle. So my questions are : (1) Would it be a good idea to have a further support for the mast perhaps at the height of the coach roof and (2) should the mast support close on top or hold the mast like a clamp/vice to not allow any excess movements of the mast up and down rather than tying the stern end of the mast onto the support and strapping it all onto the hull ? Has anybody had similar probs with their mast support ?Best wishes and happy trailer sailing
! Mine is really only hanging through at the height of the coachroof when stepped but luckily not bent.