Jake, in your example...what actually caused the tension to increase, for the mast to break?

More wind.

So we could say you exceded the mast's 'wind limit', what ever that is. Maybe they should come with a stamp on them that says, "This mast was designed to support xxx sq. feet of sail area, at XX knots of wind, on a 500lb. (boat + crew) 8'6" wide catamaran platform" or something like that?


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