Alternative uses for windsurfing masts

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33frupus > 9 months ago, 1 Feb 2016

33frupus

VIC

118 posts

1 Feb 2016 7:28pm

I had to trim some branches around power lines yesterday about 8 mtrs up. Well out of range of my ladder. The saws on a pole at bunnings were all around 200 bucks , so me being a tight arse bought a $4 pruning saw and cloth tapped it to the top of and old one piece mast I had lying around . For $4 thought it was worth a try.
10mins later job done worked an absolute treat.

Then noticed at the local yacht club some of the cat sailors were using the tops of masts as poles for their asymmetrical spinnakers.

Got me thinking any other uses ?

clarence

TAS

979 posts

1 Feb 2016 7:44pm

Jousting sticks.
Flagpoles.
Chimney brooms/sweeps.

Clarence

AusMoz

QLD

1510 posts

1 Feb 2016 7:23pm

Garage ornament.

Homestraight

QLD

39 posts

1 Feb 2016 7:27pm

Tomato stakes

Sputnik11

VIC

972 posts

1 Feb 2016 8:39pm

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clarence said..
Jousting sticks.
Flagpoles.
Chimney brooms/sweeps.

Clarence

Jousting sticks? You're dreaming.

33frupus

VIC

118 posts

1 Feb 2016 8:47pm

Proctology is bound to get a mention

Sailhack

VIC

5000 posts

1 Feb 2016 8:59pm

Flying a windsock in the back corner of the yard - tells me when it's time to hit the water.

lotofwind

NSW

6451 posts

1 Feb 2016 9:10pm

I have read in the history books that people use to hang sails on them??? Would have loved to been around to see that.

ka43

NSW

3097 posts

1 Feb 2016 9:43pm

Once used super old 520 mast to rescue my daughters kite from a tree in the local park.
Then last month discovered dumb arse pigeons had made a nest in the top of one of our gutters/downpipes. Of course in Sydney it poured and they drowned. Didn't know until the smell let me know. Used a broken 700mm rdm tip with a trowel duct taped to it to excavate. Bloody horrible but it worked.

P.C_simpson

1492 posts

1 Feb 2016 7:03pm

Top of a rdm wave masts make awesome replacement handles for SUP paddles. got an old 100% carbon one I use, never worried it will ever snap.

Tardy

5292 posts

1 Feb 2016 7:12pm

Avocado picker.... duct tape a bent piece of wire To the end .

PhilSWR

NSW

1104 posts

1 Feb 2016 10:16pm

LG snake whacker?

Mark _australia

23526 posts

1 Feb 2016 8:53pm

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lotofwind said..
I have read in the history books that people use to hang sails on them??? Would have loved to been around to see that.

How about using a short section as a troll tenderiser.

firiebob

3177 posts

1 Feb 2016 9:19pm

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lotofwind said..
I have read in the history books that people use to hang sails on them??? Would have loved to been around to see that.

Gave me a laugh

mr love

VIC

2415 posts

2 Feb 2016 6:37am

Similar story to Frupus, Probably 25 years ago 2 x one piece masts taped together with a steak knife taped to the top was used by some enterprising young Melbourne yachties to liberate a massive 18ft Skiff National Championship canvas banner from really high on the side of a Yacht Club in Adelaide. ( So the rumor goes

) Would have loved to see the WTF moment when they saw it was gone.

snides8

1731 posts

2 Feb 2016 6:17am

Has anyone actually seen one used for pole dancing?
Apparently it's the most common use for a mast

elmo

8879 posts

2 Feb 2016 6:27am

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snides8 said..
Has anyone actually seen one used for pole dancing?
Apparently it's the most common use for a mast

Not advisable if there are carbon splinters as mankini's DO not offer much protection

seanhogan

QLD

3424 posts

2 Feb 2016 10:04am

I dry all my gear on one

AusMoz

QLD

1510 posts

2 Feb 2016 10:23am

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seanhogan said..
I dry all my gear on one

Genius!!!!

Why didn't I think of that!

Al Planet

TAS

1548 posts

2 Feb 2016 11:30am

Some of my weird friends have taken up knitting. (something to do with the "Dark Side" apparently)
They could be using their old masts to knit giant Ewoks.

The call of the dark side is strong.

hargs

QLD

634 posts

2 Feb 2016 10:31am

I know someone who made a bong out of a cut off section of an old Neil Pryde carbon wave mast, worked & was also light weight!!

raggy

VIC

564 posts

2 Feb 2016 11:57am

This went sideways in a hurry!!

jfunk

QLD

255 posts

2 Feb 2016 11:21am

I am chasing a bunch of 50mm Diameter mast bottom sections - the wider ones, not the narrow RDM's to build a set of wings for a single-hander skiff I have.

If you have any lying around, let me know. i need 8 total.

Thanks.

NotWal

QLD

7435 posts

2 Feb 2016 5:34pm

Vuvuzela or didg.

Beaglebuddy

1595 posts

2 Feb 2016 4:29pm

In Hawaii we use them to knock feral chickens out of a tree.

Nevs

28 posts

2 Feb 2016 7:39pm

I made 3 beach rod holders out of a SDM bottom section I snapped.
lighter and stronger than PVC tube

Ninjury

QLD

167 posts

2 Feb 2016 7:24pm

Hold up an awning...

Mark _australia

23526 posts

2 Feb 2016 7:04pm

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Beaglebuddy said..
In Hawaii we use them to knock feral chickens out of a tree.

Is that what u call kiters over there

BenKirk

NSW

600 posts

3 Feb 2016 10:36am

I've cut down broken RDM's and used them for downhauling sails - better than using my spreader bar.

SimonM

126 posts

3 Feb 2016 11:02pm

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snides8 said...
Has anyone actually seen one used for pole dancing?
Apparently it's the most common use for a mast

Yep, here's an old glass one we put to work, uni too!

garynoel

260 posts

4 Feb 2016 6:47pm

Hi 33.
Im hoping the ezzy 430 rdm mast I accidentaly left at the safety bay rigging area near bent st jetty on wed 3rd feb does get used for anything else before it is returned to.me....

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