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What made you tink that a hollow wooden mast would be strong enough in the first place??

I have a carbon wingmast on my taipan and it must be very close to its design strength cause there are times when it looks very ugly up there whan the kite is up. But to build one out of wood is just insane!

use the old wooden one as a plug for a carbon mould, then you will have a good mast


i had a ply one on my boat for years. replaced it as i came into a bit of cash. heavy but strong and stiff. these things have been about years longer then carbon ones. west has been designing them almost for ever.