How are we planning to measure mast length? From the loose way the rules are written I would guess from the bottom of the base to the top of the mast.

It's getting important, I will be cutting a mast in the next few weeks.

My sail maker said I needed a stiff mast, the stiffer the better he said. I just found a broken Marstrom A-class mast. The diamond wire will go to within 3 ft of the top of the mast. When I told my sail maker about it, he said I was thinking broomstick, not steel I-beam.

We also figured out that an old soft rig Tornado main can be cut as a test sail.

I will be glad when this is finished. I would like to sail instead scrapping glue off my hands



Carl