Originally Posted by SIAM
Also I read somewhere that carbon masts and the consistent sun/UV of the tropics are not a good match. I want to leave the boat on the beach with the mast stepped.. Does that mean a alu mast is a much better choice?
My Stealth is one of the old one, pre-f16 box rules. Its mast has spend all its life so far rigged and uncovered in the club parking lot. Granted, it is good old england, wet and gray, not exactly a tropical climate, but still, I don't see anything wrong with my mast.