Ali has certainly gone up in price in the last 12-18 months. Just talk to anyone involved in marine insurance and they'll confirm that thefts of spars from dinghy parks have gone ballistic. The spars are then sold on as scrap <img src="http://www.catsailor.com/forums/images/graemlins/frown.gif" alt="" />

No-one seems to be stealing carbon spars though <img src="http://www.catsailor.com/forums/images/graemlins/smile.gif" alt="" />