Maybe you need a skinny mast?

It could be that the sail wont take a standard dia mast. What brand and model is it?

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Originally posted by NotWal

It could be that the sail wont take a standard dia mast. What brand and model is it?

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Thanks everyone for your comments, it's making more sense now. The type of sail is a North Rave 5.3, it's a wave sail but i'm a newbie and want it for heavier winds.

It looks like i'll need a new mast, anyone got one with a 47mm hole in it?

the modern standard dia is 49mm, or skinny masts whch are a lot smaller.
There used to be plastic adapters, that slide up the inside of the 49mm masts to convert them to 47mm.

There was one mast made, (I have some, still going strong after 10years in the surf) by kilwell that would be just what you need. 70% carbon, 47mm dia. It was called a "matrix 5". Stuart Bell also sold them as a carbon 70. Unfortunately they're a bit hard to come by, Kilwell stopped making masts a few years ago, and there weren't many sold, their smaller dia was just too hard for most people.

Hey holgs,
Not saying you're wrong, but do you remember the tip diameter of some of those early fiberglass masts?
Some of them were huge!

That's a good point holgs, must admit I've never seen one of those ancient masts as a 2 piece. Only when they've snapped!!!!

Yeah, but they're those thick heavy fiberglass things!

Max seemed to enjoy her kite today, she was out for a while.

I just offloaded a 430 1 piece fibergalss mast to one of me mates who is learning. But i didnt give him a very new sail at all, and he also still uses triangular sails.

he had an old figergalss mast aswell but the top end of it was only a couple mm thinner than the bottom and still wouldnt fit my 10 to 15 year old sail.

If you've got a sail that new i would deffently be getting a new mast that will flex a lot more and will fit the sail better. You can get second hand 30% carbon masts prity cheap now and thats what i use on my 5.8 wave sail. unless you wanted to get a bit more high range mast with more percentage of carbon.

I herd of people trying to get downhaul on a fiberglass mast and it just snapping.

And those plastic adapters, that slide up the inside of the 49mm masts to convert them to 47mm work well because my dad, whos only just got of all his TC gear with a triangular sail and all the old gear, borrowed my old sails and put one of da plastic things on his universal joint so he could use them on his ancient board when he wanted smaller than a 6.5 sail.

hope this helps