Tony
We do not own any dies. Since I've been involved with mozzies we've always got our masts through Capral. Yeah transport is a problem, especially for one mast, that's one of the reasons we used to co-ordinate ordering and shipping with the guys in Victoria. The usual proccess is that we approach Capral to buy one half of an ingot of the particular alloy (this is the minimum amount that they will normally set up for). We were very lucky that we had a guy (Alan Pettman) who used to work for TNT so we used to get a better deal on transport than now.

You may or may not be aware that the Cobra cat uses the same section of mast, as does the TS16, and there is another newer boat the name of which escapes me at the moment. The home of Cobra cats is QLD, so I assume the person in QLD who wants one has tried the Cobra association. I don't really know what to suggest about the Sydney guy. Wouldn't you think that someone could take it as a top load on something ?. They are 8 metres long but I'm sure that someone could do it, but it wouldn't be cheap.

We used to have a lot of problems dealing with Capral but they seem to have smartened up their act, because the last batch of masts we bought were the best price and quality that we have ever got and they have sold like hot cakes. I'm not sure how many we have left, if someone wanted one of ours they would need to ask Phillip Flaherty but he is away holidaying in Tasmania this week.

regards Graeme