Just saw north have brought out a 3 piece mast. I used to have a 3pice ripcurl mast back in the 80s and certainly made a few of my own since then. I wonder how it would go with weight, flex, ect

It seems like a pretty cool idea I reckon, certainly will get the storage length nice and short. I think the bend curve would be no problems but I reckon they would weigh a touch more due to the extra Ferrule.

Rip curl made masts?

I've got a fairly large collection of pre-skinny mast sections in the garage. Maybe they should bring out a 3 piece mast 'conversion kit' in order to resurrect some of these artifacts

the real question is can I buy each section individually... that would be fab... especially if you made a 4 piece mast out of the 3 piece.

I'll stick with my current 1 piece masts (damn sand!)

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stehsegler said...

the real question is can I buy each section individually... that would be fab... especially if you made a 4 piece mast out of the 3 piece.

North used to sell sections of two piece individually, you used to be able to buy a single tip and different size bases sections to make up different lengths as well.

I remember that, and you could mix and match the pieces.

It would seem they may have gone back to that idea with the 3pc. One of the captions on the site mentions you can get a quiver of masts by only needing to buy center sections.

Seeing as the move is away from adjustable heads on most sails this sounds like a far more cost effective option to those on a budget.

Hey, neato, they do skinnys too.

And a skinny extender!! SHWEEET!!!! I'm buying one!!

Prices?

how do you spell tellascopic?

Hardy, made a 'smuggler' carbon fly fishing rod, 20-30 yrs ago, that fits into a small brief case...comes in several pieces and worked just aswell as a 2 piece rod....

what does this have to do with windsurfing masts......

probably nothing

Dont own a ute anymore, a 2 piece board would be nice!

I just made a 3 peice boom today

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Wet Willy said...

Hey, neato, they do skinnys too.

And a skinny extender!! SHWEEET!!!! I'm buying one!!

Anyone seen one of these or have any more info?

Reckon they would fit any RDM? Or just North ones?
Interested in getting one to fit my Loft 460, then could run a bit rig off it

Any ideas about price etc?

Yep, I went to the main WS forum and started a new thread about it:

www.seabreeze.com.au/forums/topic.asp?TOPIC_ID=41629

Go! Go! Go!