So why not taper the wind mast ?
John P does it on his F16's and some of the old T's had tapered Alu masts.
They will still need to overcome upper mast stability. I believe it would be achievable by tapering the mast and using 3 to 4 overlaping sets of diamonds to achieve a prebend with enough support up top.
Development cost time and money....... Somebody will do it eventualy. May be some cat guys need to jump ship and show them <img src="http://www.catsailor.com/forums/images/graemlins/shocked.gif" alt="" /> <img src="http://www.catsailor.com/forums/images/graemlins/grin.gif" alt="" />
