If you want a job done ...do it yourself

So, I still have this problem of how to get the mast from Napier.
I also realised that using a carrier was potentially more risky, and probably expensive, than I first thought. An 11.5 metre mast was one thing but there was also the standing and running rigging, which needed to be removed from the mast, to be shipped. And there was boom, traveller, mast step and sails.
So, I figured "I have a ute and trailer !", with a few "minor" modifications I could go to Napier and collect everything myself.
Here's the shot of the ute and trailer before mods.