Ben,

  Thanks for the additional information.  I must have been mislead by the same articles that confused Chris Ream on that thread you found.  Perhaps it was the retrofit that I'd read about.

  So it's only the wishbone that rotates, eh?

  Well, at least there are no bearings to maintain, and since it's unidirectional, the only downside to a fixed mast is turbulence at the luff.

        - Mike

 

the wyliecat 30 mast does NOT rotate:

http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Wyliecats/messages/260?threaded=1&m=e&var=1&tidx=1

otherwise, i would've been tempted to buy the one in connecticut just recently listed for sale.

ben
weta #358
chesapeake bay

--- In harryproa@yahoogroups.com.au, Mike Crawford <mcrawf@...> wrote:
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> The Wylie Cat masts do rotate -- one of their selling points is that
> this allows you to depower that huge sail with a single two-part mainsheet.

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