So let’s take a closer look at the case. If we have an 8 meter spar of 20 kgs and suppose that they are evenly distributed that means the centre of gravity at 4 m it would give us a righting moment of about 80kgm. If my CG is set at 1 m with my 75ks I’m fighting a loosing battle. If on the other hand we had a carbon spar of just 10kgs we would only need 40 kgm to bring this thing up.
So folks it has been suggested before and I take a risk to get banned, but it’s time to put your things on the bathroom scale and see what you are playing with. The naked spar should not be more than 15 kgs if you sail High Performance, otherwise you are sailing Heavy Problem.