I know that in the past there have been two different mast weights on the Taipan, although AHPC has been selling only the (heavier) Superwing mast for the last 10 years as far as I can determine. That is for both singlehander and double hander versions of the Taipan !

It is ONLY this Superwing mast that we have a F16 class usage agreement for. The lighter mast was never included in the deal for two reasons :

-1- At the time of F16 class creation this singlehander mast was not longer supported by AHPC itself. They had no stock of them and no intention of reproducing them.

-2- The lighter 1-up mast for the Taipan looked already to weak on paper to take the F16 rig with the spinnaker. At the time we were even a little uneasy about the Taipan standard (sloop rigged)mast holding up.


The lighter Taipan 1-up must was never seriously considered for the F16's and I have really no dependable data on it. As a result I can not have mixed up these two weights as I don't know the Taipan 1-up mast weight to begin with.

Wouter