I'm aware of that but the joining of the parts is rather permanent. It is not designed to be taken apart regulary for transport. Neither do you want to as you have to take everything off, the multiple diamond wires etc. You loose all trim settings and the bloody thing is stuck half the time because it is hardly ever taken apart or at least it was on the boat i sailed for awhile. We had to hammer it apart (HARD) till we found another way to run any lines through the mast after a mishap. Not something I like to do with a competitive mast.

Come to think of it. I dislike that 49er mast as it leaked like I don't know what, making righing the boat a pain as you always had to wait for the water to drain out through those tiny holes. Not an issue i would like to see repeated on the olympic cat. So other than divisible the cat mast joint better be watertight. To much effort or a feature no- one will use anyway, in my opinion.

But other then that you are right. The mast is a 3-piece section and can theoretically be taken apart. Or better put, it looks that way on paper and that is what counts these days.

Wouter