PC can do whatever they want as far as suppliers go. It's written that way in the class rules. Last communication I had was with Southern Spars directly. The masts are made in South Africa (moved from NZ about 1 1/2 years ago). Southern builds blanks, then ships the blanks to PC in Cali. PC then does the assembly and fitout.

I had actually written the class urging them to research a domestic supplier (I recommended Forte). got no response. I know Forte has a mandrel that I believe is an older Tornado mast. Shape is different from the current sticks and I believe the T mast is alittle shorter, but then Forte has built 18ht masts off of that mandrel so I'm not sure why it wouldn't work...

Anyways, at this point, I would just like PC to make a decision instead of publishing outlandish prices which only scares people away from the product. Sailing companies are notorious for marketing blunders and this is no exception.