Darryn, I was told the weight of a Taipan mast fully rigged was around 25-30 kg.
Of a Taipan 5.7 (Capricorn F18) maybe, but most definately not on the 4.9's or F16's.
My mast (including everything like 4 mm halyards, sidestays, forestay, traps, all blocks for spi and downhaul, spreaders) was 21.4 kg (from memory); basically, it was ready to be stepped. And I'm using 4 mm stainless steel 1x19 wires for stays.
The bare mast section should be around 14.5 kg (13.5 kg to 15.5 kg is the range of reported weights). The rest dependents on how light you make the fittings = cost to benefit balancing. I went for low cost; with some care my mast can get under 20 kg when fully rigged as described above.
25-30 kg is waaaaay to high for a fully rigged F16 mast. I seem to recall that F18 masts don't go past 25 kg these days when fully rigged.
Wouter
