stringy wrote:
That's interesting Keith. The AI2 mast is fitted with a different furler drum, slightly longer again than the TI's.
Does anybody know if a dealer could get a TI mast without the furler drum?
I tried the dealer where I got my AI, but am not getting anywhere.
There's a more-or-less local guy, but before I drive out there I'd like to know if it's at least possible for him to order a mast without furler drum....So I can lean on him in the event he thinks not and it is possible.
Removing an installed furler drum doesn't seem like rocket science.... but one slip with the Dremel tool or whatever could be a muy expensivo slip.... and, besides, twelve bucks (furler drum cost) is twelve bucks....
The other thing that occurred to me - but whose possibility seems vanishingly small - is that diff between TI and AI mast lengths is just in the top section.... i.e. maybe the TI and AI bottom sections are the same length and the extra 18" is just in the top. ..... Ezzy does something like this with their 2-piece masts so the user can mix-and-match to get the optimal mast length for a give sail without owning as many complete masts.
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