Really? I would have bet that a C&C mast is much more flexible than a Nonsuch mast.
I've carried both around a yard on a cart and the traditional masts are pretty bendy when you only support them at one point. At least from a visual perspective, Nonsuch masts appear pretty beefy. Cheers, Colin On 8/11/12, Dennis C. <capt...@yahoo.com> wrote: > Dwight, > > The mast on a Nonsuch is a tapered composite tube which is much more > flexible than our aluminum masts. Under breeze, it bends to unload > itself. > > Dennis C. > Touche' 35-1 #83 > Mandeville, LA > > > > >>________________________________ >> From: dwight veinot <dwightvei...@hfx.eastlink.ca> >>To: cnc-list@cnc-list.com >>Sent: Saturday, August 11, 2012 10:25 AM >>Subject: Stus-List standing rigging >> >>Over the last few weeks we have had several posts on standing rigging, >>including shrouds and shroud tensions, baby stays, check stays, back stays, >>fore stays and also on the mast itself and the spreaders on our C&C >> designed >>boats. >> >>All this stuff needs regular inspection and sometimes insurance companies >>insist that parts, in particular shrouds or turnbuckles be replaced after >> an >>unspecified number of years just in case. >> >>I notice that those big Nonsuch boats carry a huge mainsail on a mast that >>as far as I can see is unsupported by any standing rigging. >> >>My question is how that unsupported rig carries the forces on it without >>breaking while our sloop rigged C&C's need such relatively elaborate >>standing rigging. >> >>Anyone know?? >> >>Dwight Veinot >>C&C 35 MKII, Alianna >>Head of St. Margaret's Bay, NS >>-----Original Message----- >>From: cnc-list-boun...@cnc-list.com [mailto:cnc-list-boun...@cnc-list.com] >>On Behalf Of O'Keeffe Thomas >>Sent: August 11, 2012 11:38 AM >>To: cnc-list@cnc-list.com >> >> -- Sent from my mobile device _______________________________________________ This List is provided by the C&C Photo Album http://www.cncphotoalbum.com CnC-List@cnc-list.com
