Hello everybody,
I was wondering if anybody has an opinion on the severne white line rdm's? I have a quiver of severne wave sails and am looking to get a spare mast and I found a new one for a bargain. I know it will be heavier and not perform as well, since its strictly a spare thats less of a concern. What I am concerned about is how solid are they? I don't mind a compromise in performance but I don't want to have to think twice about going out in mast high waves because of my mast.. Any thoughts and opinions would be greatly appreciated!
Cheers,
Tom
$600 for a gorilla with a sick warranty, from memory 2 year unconditional
Well worth it
Fully agree with pilchard.
Spend the extra money and get the Gorilla.
I actually suggest spend even more still and get the Severne 90% RDM.
They are awesome.
Quite a light weight mast but very strong.
I would only consider the white line RDM if I had one sail I hardly ever used, and it rigged on a 370.
The white line has really quite a thick wall thickness thus the extra weight.
Hence the swing weight on a 400 in my view would be way too much to make sailing enjoyable.
I would say it must be quite a strong mast with that wall thickness but I have never used one and don't know of anyone that has.
It would only be as a spare 370 as all but 4/5 of my sails rig on that size mast and I do not want to be stuck if my primary mast snaps on me.. . I emailed severne about it and this is the response I got...
"Hi Tom, The WhiteLine is not a mast we really pushed hard, it's there because we often have distributors in Europe and a few shops in Australia who see a small market for cheap, entry level masts. The target market is customers after entry level gear on a budget. When they've broken, they don't break like the Gorilla's or RD90's, so in all honesty, I don't think they have better durability than the Gorilla mast. How about keeping an eye out for a second hand mast instead?"
Quick to respond and honest which I think we can all value.. But as I suspected, maybe not the best choice for what I want to do.. The price of new gear for us in Canada has just jumped like crazy with the USD/CAD exchange rate bringing up a gorilla to aprox 850$ ! I found a new whiteline rdm 370 for sub 200$, I guess I am just wondering if I am asking for trouble using it in waves if my primary mast breaks?
