The factory has heard probably all the stories and in most of these cases the sailor did not respect the limits of their equipment.

I am surprised you were tuning the spreader rake for 1/8" when it was blowing like dogs. Potentially the diamonds were not set as tight as you believe. Were the wires up against the spreaders correctly, tied in with siezing wire with multiple wraps and taped. You might have thought the wires were in the slot correctly and they were not. Never no after the failure. Mast do strange things (fail) in big air when controlled incorrectly.

As I recall on my 6.0 when I finally got the mast tuned correctly the boat could handle more than the captain.

Looks like you have an insurance claim or if you paid for the mast with a credit card that gives extra protection you might recovery your bucks. Credit card claims typically need to be paid within 30 days of the failure.


Former owner of N6.0 #251 (I miss that boat)