If you're after some mast tops then I suggest you check out this post:

www.seabreeze.com.au/forums/topic.asp?TOPIC_ID=51448

Can anybody post a picture of a "Mast top" and explain it's function please?

i would not have known either if i had not inquired about a wind surfer mast and found that they sell as two parts --- bottom and top. do you recon that we can stop stiring the pot and help each other it is far more constructive
cheers
aus230

boogie said...

cisco!!!! And you are a qualified AYF Offshore Yacht Master

Yes, we don't use windsurfer type masts on off shore yachts very much.

The only mast top that I know of is the bit that sometimes falls off when you experience a particularly violent 180 degree knock down out near Middleton Reef.

So does anybody have a pic of a "mast top" and can explain it's function?

Thank YOU nebbian, expensive little beasties aren't they? So would one of these be used atop a normal fibreglass mast lower to have a stiffer top or would it be carbon fibre all the way?

cisco said...

Thank YOU nebbian, expensive little beasties aren't they? So would one of these be used atop a normal fibreglass mast lower to have a stiffer top or would it be carbon fibre all the way?

Times have changed Cisco
It's carbon fibre all the way now, although the mast I linked to is 91% carbon, the rest is fibreglass. Normally the fibreglass goes on the outside so you get better impact resistance - 100% carbon masts are notorious for breaking.

Yep they're quite expensive, we try to justify it any way we can, but you get what you pay for. Those Ezzies are the ducks nuts, I've got two complete Ezzy masts (tops and bottoms), they take a beating and keep on ticking

The reason I thought it might be useful is that you might have a mast bottom section lying around waiting for a compatible top. Then by picking up the top you'd have a complete mast.

me thinketh......Cisco drives a hard bargain hmmmmmmmmmmmmmm

TP1's mini hs a standard diameter, 30% carbon 460 mast. that is equivalent in stiffness to his Alloy cl 5mast. H bought it NEW from a windsurfer shop having a clearance sale for $50,
isnt he clever