It's an academic interest just now Gary, even if I have some toughts spinning around in the back of my head. Nothing happens this year at least.

Immediately, I think WRC would be heavy as distance material in a composite mast, heavier than foam at least. But WRC is good at taking compression, so I dont dismiss the idea. Gougeon bros. said that a wood/carbon composite was excellent for handling cyclic loads (like a mast). Would be interesting to do the numbers on weight and strength (compression and buckling) for pure carbon, foam/carbon and WRC/carbon. Must try to get hold of some of my engineering friends..