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carbon fiber mast & lightening
A club member is on his third carbon fibre mast boat also having had two Freedoms. It really is nice to not have the shrouds, but it does change the dynamics of the boat too.
Yes, you normally can''t "see" anything when a carbon fibre mast will fail, but then you can''t really see all that much in a conventional stayed mast either. All things are not perfect but I''m not sure how unequal they are. A stayed mast has more points of possible failure and you''ll need to replace standing rigging on a regular basis. My 51 ft mast will take about $4K to re rig just the SS cable.
In the end it is just a percentage but you''ll only own just one.
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