Gato,

There seems to be some movement on this front.

I for one am really hoping that we can somehow organise a new alu F16 mast design that is down to specs. Because every analysis is showing that 14.5 kg for the BARE tube is really possible. Even it is redesigned to have a little more stiffness side to side.

Thus making the bare alu tube only 4.0 kg heavier then the F16 compliant bare carbon tube. As the older Superwing masts for sloop boats indeed were.

Lets keep our fingers crossed everybody !

Wouter

P.S. Everybody is noticing the "BARE" qualifier in the statements made above ?

Fully rigged masts will come out at higher weights although the difference between alu and carbon won't change as the same fitting are used on both masts !