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Forum: Deck hardware: Rigging, Sails & Hoisting 21-02-2018, 01:16
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Posted By double u
Re: carbon mast - experiences anybody?

thank you for sharing your experience - what idiots with a rubbish product!
for us it would not be a choice of carbon-mast company, as we are looking at secondhand boats & some have carbon masts...
Forum: Deck hardware: Rigging, Sails & Hoisting 15-02-2018, 23:18
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Posted By double u
Re: carbon mast - experiences anybody?

"...need to modify my rig to do this or that..."
well gamayun, I'm not modification addicted, but anybody would want a solentstay on a blue-water-boat, not just a roller furler. of course one could...
Forum: Deck hardware: Rigging, Sails & Hoisting 15-02-2018, 04:37
Replies: 31
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Posted By double u
Re: carbon mast - experiences anybody?

...the talk for a solentstay-tang was of >€3000...
sure it'd be a plus in performance & motion...but just adding maststeps seems to be a headache already...then I'd want runners/checkstays & maybe a...
Forum: Deck hardware: Rigging, Sails & Hoisting 15-02-2018, 03:21
Replies: 31
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Posted By double u
Re: carbon mast - experiences anybody?

...I wasn't talking of forking out for a cf stick! given a choice I'd always opt for an alloy spar for TNB.
on some secondhand boats in the segment we are looking at right now are CF spars though:...
Forum: Deck hardware: Rigging, Sails & Hoisting 14-02-2018, 04:37
Replies: 31
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Posted By double u
Re: carbon mast - experiences anybody?

cf mast sure wouldn't be my choice, some interesting boats on the second hand market come with one though.
little holes for maststeps up to the lower spreaders I would dare make, but a...
Forum: Deck hardware: Rigging, Sails & Hoisting 13-02-2018, 23:42
Replies: 31
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Posted By double u
carbon mast - experiences anybody?

who has or had a carbon mast, what was the general experience with it? would you go for one again?
how to go about mounting fittings like steps or nosetangs for solentstays?
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