I like the various ways people have come up with their own mounts for the mast and thought I'd share mine.
I was not happy with the hard rubber V bow stopper and carpet covered metal mast holder on the stern that came with my boat so I made new mounts out of foam yoga blocks which I think have the perfect density for this application. I had just replaced the mast base so with the old one I had the template to cut out the block so they perfectly hug the mast on three sides.
I then cut it out to fit in the metal V brackets up front and cut out the shape of the traveler track and cleat on the rear, now my mast is locked in secure, doesn't rotate during trailering and I feel has much better dampening to reduce and spread the forces.
I step the mast on the beach so I also covered the front rail of the tramp with thin carpet to avoid any scratches when I move the mast from the front bracket to the tramp, on the rear I move the bungees from around the mast to just around the foam block so I can slide the mast without moving the block. Generally I don't need to travel far to sail but this winter when I head to Baja I'll use stronger straps instead of bungees.
It works just great for me.
Costs $11 from amazon.
https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B01NA ... UTF8&psc=1