Can you use your old rotator system on the new mast? Seems like you could with a little "tweaking".

personally I'm upset because it doesn't appear that they made ANY effort to find a different carbon mast supplier that could supply the SAME mast for a more reasonable cost that wouldn't obsolete every sail in my inventory!

If you've got a Ferrari with an engine problem do you replace said engine with a prius engine.
Masts don't get broken often but for most of us the thought of $11,000 for a new one limits how hard your willing to push it.
I have no problem with the Aluminum mast if all you have to change is the main, as long as it's competitive. I only have 4 I-20 mains that would be useless, which kinda sucks ,but I can replace all my mains and the mast for less than the carbon mast.I guess I can make duffle bags out of 'em. We'll see what shakes out, if it lowers the price of the boat, stays as fast, and gets more people sailing them it's a good thing.
Todd
p.s. Tad, your fortune telling skills suck. You shoulda just asked Will! And Tad Jack said he made an effort to find a builder, I just don't know how much effort.

As usual, I was being a smart @ss....

Go figger.

Guys, a LOT of effort was made to source a new builder, but with projected volumes and tight requirements on the built spec to maintain the same bend and weight as current masts its just not a viable option. Trust me it was explored to the full.

The Alloy mast is a great option, the grade of alloy used and the weight for size is much better that in use from any other manufacturer and the only real change is to the mainsail but how many times do you break a mast and not destroy the mainsail?? plus if you have 4 old mains lying around (not that you us them much..) you can simply change the luff curve and they will work just fine. (as well as old sails will anyway for club races etc)

Plus you get the nice infusion style setup with the diamonds and cunningham etc

Thanks for the information Andrew,
Is there a new mainsail cut or are you using the old stock setup? . . . and, in testing, have you raced the alloy rig against the classic carbon? If so, how much? Again thanks for the updates.

Have I-20s always had carbon mast?

How much does it weigh.... how much more then the carbon stick..... Is it on par with the Tornado tear drop alu stick of old or closer to the back breaking nacra 6.0 NA stick ?

(you need to know when to run when they ask for help in raising the stick)

Si!

Really, I believe mine is alum. from southern spars.

Really, I think mine is alum. and from southern spars.

Unless your boat is an '09 or a non-class boat, then your mast is carbon. And yes, Southern Spars did make our stick.

Humm, it's a '04 It thumps like alum and scratches like it and even drills like it. Maybe I got cheated by the dealer.

Th mainsail cut was changed to suit the new style mast, but it would be possible to recut the luff curve on an old sail to get it to work pretty well with the new mast.

testing as done with old v's new and the difference was negligible pretty much straight away.

I'm assuming that the extrusion is the same as on the Nacra Infusion...and if that is the case, I would not be surprised if the mast is nearly the same weight as the current carbon mast. Nacra made a huge reduction in the aluminum mast weight with the Infusion. The carbon mast on the I20 is very heavy compared to modern carbon laminations....it's old school carbon.

I haven't weighed them both together personally, but from carrying them around and raising them there is no difference really.

yes.

I think Mike Krantz told me it was less than 10 lbs. difference.I do like the section shape better,lot more chord length.It'll be interesting to see the price.
Todd

Cool. Could you elaborate?