Gaye, this is the “pop down” mast.  What you see is a T-Bone.

This was just after the start gun. I was following Orca to the start line for  one of my better starts of the day. “Pop down” evidently avoided Orca who was on port tack but then appeared in front of me.  I had the choice of tacking (not likely in time doing 30 kph) or bearing away (but there was a lamp post there). The front wheel had no traction at that speed under full power as I decided to bear away and try and fit between the lamp post and the approaching cart.

I just braced myself and sat back. Is that a grin of relief that I lived, or as some would have it the face of the Kamikaze?  But I reckon going over a curb was rougher.  But I’m not so sure “pop-down” shares this opinion.  My Pod was bent over my feet and up to the mast.  The gentle collapsing must have soared me the full impact.  A credit to the blokart design, a five star NCAP rating for sure!

I guess that is why we have the starboard rule (right hand rule) to avoid this sort of mishap.

Zorro