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[quote=erice]making 1 out of polyester frb means you might as well use an old windsurfer mast

i too have been thinking of lightening my 5.2 somehow and the boom is 1 of the easiest areas to trackle

though i also wanted a bit of carbon bling visible by using an old carbon fiber windsurfer mast. have a bit of 1 ogf those acting as my tramp tube at the moment

another good saving would be swapping out the rudders and daggers for the almost identically sized but half the weight, weta tri dagger and rudders

but pricey

stood on the scales the other day just before putting up the 5.2's mast. fully rigged with diamonds, stays, halyards, trap wires etc. it was just under 30kg, wish i could get an old mastrom carbon tornado mast from somewhere, then we'd be talking easier righting

since the farrier f22 is going to use synthetic stays maybe i should look at them and/or swap out the heavy jib tramp wires for synth <em>edited by: erice, Apr 30, 2010 - 08:46 PM</em> [/quote]

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