How to measure mast length. Hmmm Well maybe this anecdote will assist:

A cat sailor was arguing with a monohull sailor about the height of a mast. They used all methods they could think of to measure it but each method failed in one way or another. Getting fed up at how much time they were wasting, the catsailor said that he was just going to go make quick work of it by dropping it and laying a 100 foot tape measure across it.

The monohull sailor expressed further argument in stating that he didn't care how long it was when they were arguing about height.


GARY