Hi Michael,

I am sorry to have given You this aluminium mast info, when I bought my mast it was a thriving business with a big building with lots of masts inside. The ownerwas elderly in 2015 and most probably he has passed away and his business is also gone. Hopefulle You get a reply from the Dutch aluminium company.

Hi Michael,

I bought my 7 metre aluminium mast in the Year 2015 in Germany from the following company which is not too far away from France. I got good service from this company and solved everything on the phone even the special masthead I wanted for the junk rig and then I went to fetch it and transported it on my roof carrier of a normal 4,5 m long car home across Germany back to Austria. I was not sure if this was really legal but the owner of the FK-Mastbau told me on the phone when I ordered the mast that I must just mount a red flag at the end of the mast and it is only allowed to go to the Front of the car while it can stick out at the back. I was glad that I made it fine over 800 km with a long piece of mast sticking out behind my car. Right now their home page is not active anymore on which I found my mast.  You could try contacting them per email.

FK-Mastbau, Rigg- und Bootszubehoer GmbH

Hello 

I'm looking for aluminum (aluminium?) masts for my boat.  Originally outfitted with solid douglas fir masts, they are rotted and absolutely unfit.  I would prefer to have aluminum masts because (a) weight reduced aloft, and (b) they are more easily sealed at the mast boot.

I have a schooner, so I need two masts.  Each needs to be 210mm to 220mm at the foot, and 110mm to 115mm at the head.  Wall thickness of each should be a minimum of 5mm.  The mainmast is 14 meters long and the foremast is 13.5 meters long.

I am located in Castelsarrasin, Tarn et Garonne, Occitanie, France.

Numerous searches have been made online and the best prospects were roadside light poles.  However, each time I contacted someone I either received no return response, or I was told that they would not sell to me because the couldn't determine if my use would satisfy them from a product safety standpoint.

So, I'm throwing this out to the group.  Anyone have any leads on a source that might help?

Thanks.