Do you think the move from aluminum to carbon is a big deal on boats this size.
Are you talking about our boats or your boats?
On our boats its absolutely a big deal. Mast bend, and righting moment gained due to the carbon stick are great!
Any boat. I went through the conversion from alum to carbon (Marstrom custom rig) on a 41' custom morelli cat and the gains were amazing. I haven't been tracking the smaller cats lately so not too sure of the trends there. I was surprised that some of the newer cats are back to alum like the Infusion and Tiger. I was wondering if the alum rigs have somehow gotten better to the point where carbon (cost) is not making sense in the smaller rigs. Someone tried to make the case to me that you can't translate gains in larger rigs to smaller boats and I can't buy that, so just wanted some validation from someone who has felt the difference on this sized rig.
