The Forespar Mast Light Guard measures 6.5 inches high by 5 inches wide by 6 inches long, keeping lines from snagging on mast fittings.
A halyard or a sheet that catches a mast light does two things, and neither is good. It breaks the fitting, and it jams the line at a point nobody can reach without going aloft. A guard is a cage that lets light out while giving a line nothing to hook on, and it appears on almost every cruising mast for that.
The same guard protects the fitting from a spinnaker pole, a boat hook or a sail bag being handled at the mast. At six and a half inches high it clears a standard steaming or deck light without shading the arc the light has to project. Explore more navigation lights.
- Stops halyards and sheets snagging a mast light
- A jammed line at height means going aloft to clear it
- Also shields the fitting from poles and sail bags
- 6.5 by 5 by 6 inches, clearing the light arc
