Hi all ,the only bit of kit I’ve not updated for a while (about 15years) is my ezzy mast 370 & 400 and got my thinking would they make any noticeable difference with my newer ezzy sales I’ve upgraded every few years . Does an older carbon mast not bend or react like a new one? just to add my mast are never left rigged or out in the sun. Thanks
I doubt you would notice much if any difference, therefore I would suggest putting the funds towards something noticeably better such as a new board, sail or a slim grip carbon boom if you don't yet have one. My ezzy masts are the same age and still going strong...
I've had my masts since 1996, that makes them 30 years old, and they've had hard use, many catapults, broken helmets, smashed booms, ripped harnesses even had them jammed into the reef, with board and sail dangling getting hit by waves. They still rig my speed sails beautifully. Admittedly they are extremely good masts, but I suspect Ezzys are also good masts.
Probably not an issue with these masts, but NP slightly reduced the diameter of their SDM masts at one point and then the sails were also made to work with the slightly reduced diamter mast. I did not realise this at first and found my newer sails were not rotating on the cams well and researched and found this info out and got a new mast and the sail now rotates beautifully. The sails seems to rig nicely on the old masts still in terms of sail shap etc. but the cam just had a lot of resistance.
