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    Posted: 29 Jun 10 at 9:25am

Who actually makes the bare aluminium masts used on most of our boats?

I might need to get hold of an 11m length.
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Superspars or Selden have most of the market sized up.

I know that Superspars have tube available as that is what was used for the racks on my boat.
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Theres also z spars

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wee Man, what do you want 11m of mast for???
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Och it's for a job in work, we're looking to make a kind of gallows affair to hang a target from while we shoot stuff at it.....I can say no more.

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I believe there is a company in Eastern Europe who extrude the tube for Selden, but I may be remembering that wrongly. Selden have to have a certain quantity made at a time.
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Originally posted by Wee Man

we're looking to make a kind of gallows affair to hang a target from

I suspect that if you don't need a mast track and especially if you don't need marine level corrosion resistance there are going to be far cheaper sources for alloy tubing than sparmakers..
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I believe the manufacturer is Alcan Extrusions, a massive company.  You should be able to find a local metal stockist that will supply a small amount of suitable tube....or find an aluminium scaffold pole (they sometimes use them for handrails) max length is usually 21 foot or there abouts.
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will scaffold pole not do?
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I was kind of hoping that there might just be an untouched 9m length left after the job was done . There are some other issues to take account of that need the structure to be stiff and light. I'm waiting for a quote from Atlantic spars in Brixham.
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