Matt Miller's version of "being uninformed and just plain full of hot air."

Sorry Matt.

Wouter

(Aluminium age hardens, a proces that is artificially induced and accellerated during production to improve the material properties of alu masts. The same proces, although very slowly, continues even when the mast is on the boat and may well take decades before it effects becomes significant. It is not a reason for not using 6 year old masts on new boats)