Foiling Magazine

FANATIC AL 3.0 MASTS & FUSELAGES

You’ve shaved a pretty impressive 20% of weight from your mast and fuselages. Where have these savings come from and have you sacrificed any strength to get the savings?

We’ve saved quite a lot of material in both masts and fuselages. If we look at the new masts, they are actually slightly thicker, but still have a lower drag through our new profile. We split the masts in segments and that again allowed us to reduce the wall thickness quite drastically without losing any of the stiffness we wanted for that direct feel, especially when using the

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