Originally Posted by Team_Cat_Fever
Originally Posted by mikekrantz
The three masts that broke had some extra help in breaking.

One boat flipped over and hit the beach
One boat flipped and got it's mast stuck in the bottom,
One boat it is suspected that the spreader bracket came loose from the mast.

Each of those situations could have resulted in a broken mast on a H16, N20, etc.


You can strike the N-20 from that list I've done all of those and the mast has survived so far.Of course there are telephone poles that are lighter than a Carbon N-20 mast.



Yeah no kidding. It has to be the heaviest per foot carbon mast on the planet. On the upside it is very stupid friendly.


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