Jake hit the nail on the head. Only interested in hearing others point of view when a comptip (or any mast) is too bendy for a square top sail. I already race open with an H17 so modifying an existing mast could be done.

As Maughn17 mentioned Hobie is the only manufacturer that uses a comptip. As I recall that was a result of litigation. That addressed a symptom. The problem was with power lines too low at launching areas. I do not believe that problem has yet been resolved nationwide

Anyone hear of a mast coming in contact with a power line recently?

Sail on, Tom G