Re: [Cal_Boats] Carbon Fiber Stick (Paul)

My carbon spin pole is about 1/2 the weight of my alum pole and is an inch bigger in diameter so there should be a huge savings of weight not to mention the ability to bend his mast to shape his sails better. Paul mike <mi… [at] wahini.org> wrote: >Paul, >That doesn't sound right. Losing all that weight aloft has to account >for something... >Mike M. > >On 4/22/2010 6:20 AM, Paul wrote: >> >> >> Mike >> Belle Aurore in Oxford, MD has a carbon mast mow and much Do my >> chagrin, his PHRF rating stayed the same. My 80 Cal 39 and she are >> both rated at 120 on the Chesapeake. >> Paul >> >> mike <mi… [at] wahini.org <mailto:mike%40wahini.org>> wrote: >> >> >Charlie, >> >Just out of curiosity, wawht would a Carbon Fiber stick cost for a 25? >> >Anybody put one on a 40 yet? What's a ballpark figure? >> >I'm not currently looking for a new stick. /Celtic Naut/ has enough >> >issues for me to contend with for now. But the weight of that telephone >> >pole aluminum mast has always bothered me although its strength has not. >> >What do you think about carbon fiber? Is it worth the cost difference? >> >Thanks. >> >Mike M. >> > >> >On 4/21/2010 6:17 PM, Husar, Charlie [USA] wrote: >> >> >> >> >> >> <snip> >> >> The yard crew was joking about my new CAL 25 carbon fiber stick that I >> >> painted to look like old aluminum. I told them that I had originally >> >> considered a wood grain sort of appearance. >> >> >> >> Cheers >> >> Charlie >> >