A development that hit the world of masts the mid-eighties, but never really caught on. Narrower masts ("skinnies") claim aerodynamic and strength advantages over standard diameter masts. The narrowest-diameter masts were known as 'skinnies' or 'needle masts', and while they did indeed offer some advantages, suffered the big drawback that their lack of volume made them sink, making it difficult to pull the rig up or waterstart. However, the Skinny never went away
completely, remaining in favour with sailors in the US and Hawaii, and has more recently started to make a come back. Watch this space...
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