I just looked at the site you linked to. Now that I think about it, I do remember hearing that there are some folks in the Great White North who take Sea Sprays a little more seriously than the Northern California gang.



I was serious when I said that the masts and crossbars were originally made out of aluminum irrigation pipe. Some booms are high tech though - they're made from cut-down windsurfer masts. I think the whole purpose of the Sea Spray was that it could be constructed out of commonly available parts.



I don't know where you live, but the Sea Spray North Americans are going to be held at Huntington Lake, near Fresno CA, in late August. If you live in that part of the world, you should check it out. It's a helluva nice lake, up at about 7000' in the Sierra, and you'd probably learn a good bit.