What I really don't understand is that the cost of the whole boat itself isn't that much more than an Infusion and yet the huge cost of the mast compared to the Infusion mast.

This cost won't help the class, but even if they got the price of the mast down by half, how much do you think the cost of the boat would drop?

And even if the cost of the 20 dropped by say $3000 would new N20 sales go up that much? Probably not. What other 20 foot boats are there out now that have a class? Tornado ok but for how long? Just speculation...