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.
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.
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.
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......
. I wonder how it would go with weight, flex, ect
, a 2 piece board would be nice!
