Hi John,

I would think that a two piece carbon mast might be attractive to some but might best be offered as an alternative to a one piece mast since many would not want it. Besides the obvious benfit in shipping deomestically or overseas, it would also be useful to those who would like to garage the boat (ie, off season) in order to store the mast inside with the boat. As I'm sure you know, these days all windsurfing carbon masts are two piece and when well designed and constructed there's no disadvantage compared with a one piece. Breaks at the joint are generally an issue only if the mast joint is not properly seated during assembly. Another beneift of a two piece mast is that, particularly for large masts such as used for catamarans, there is the potential to replace only half of the mast in the event of breakage (ie, pitchpole in shallow water etc).

Jerry