Ohh, I'm loving this !
Remember everybody ; "three times the masts ..." at 7500 euro's a pop!
That investment is enough to make a new die, 50 aluminium masts and pay for transport to anywhere in the world !
If these each top crew would have gone down that route, they could have picked the best 5 masts from the batch and sell or scrap the remainder and be MORE One-Design then with the carbon mast upgrade and spend LESS money !
Wouter
You are correct that the investment is large, but small compared to the rest of the campign costs.
A Tornado mast is not 7500 Euro each though.... more like 3900 Euro a go, but who really cares if you are out by over 50%... wouldn't be the first time.
The whole point I was making is that the masts were voted in to be a one design mast, therefore negating the need to have a quiver of masts like we used to. The project has failed in that regard.
The masts are excellent in all other regards, they rarely break and can take a lot of abuse. The boat is much nicer to sail both upwind and down. rigging is super easy now too <img src="http://www.catsailor.com/forums/images/graemlins/smile.gif" alt="" />
