Anonymous wrote:
Taking the maximum rightning moment of the boat as starting point of the mast calculations makes the most sense to me. Times 3 as safety factor. Eric Sponberg does the same.
Then again... what about the mizzen mast....
Sponberg's article on designing free standing masts:
https://www.ericwsponberg.com/wp-content/uploads/design-engineering-masts.pdf