Yesterday I got to try the first new One Ocean 100cm mast in combination with my prototype 890 cm2 front wing and custom Ti / carbon fuselage.....WOW !!!!
Firstly the dimensions.....Its 100cm overall length, so with the Axis compatible fuselage connection that makes the wetted length 97.2cm. 14mm chord thickness and 11.4 cm chord length. UHM carbon.
It is mega stiff both in flex and torsion, grabing by the fuse at each end and twisting, it is by far the most torsion resistant mast I have used.
On water.......I have been using a custom mast for a few years, 15mm chord thickness 11.8 cm chord length. Standard modulus carbon but lots of it and I considered it until yesterday to be a very good stiff mast.....was I wrong. 20 knot day.....5.3 Killer wave sail and a good Port Phillip Bay wind wave, perfect for testing.
First impression was the speed and glide improvement. My CNC machined front wing is only an AR 8:1 and although its a turning machine it was on the verge of lacking enough glide to match the swell speed here. No longer. The combination of this mast and the thinner Ti fuselage gave the setup a fifth gear, I could now easily stay on the swell and skip to the swell in front if the wave started to fade. Chalk and cheeze, way slipperier.
Up wind it was noticeably faster and the stabilty due to the stiffness of the whole setup was next level. I was blasting upwind on a wave foil !!!
I think this mast is great news for Axis riders....there is now a super high preformance mast for you that is affordable. If you are still on the Alloy mast this is a no brainer. For riders who would like to get on the Axis gear and access their fantastic range of foils this is your entry ticket for freeride windfoiling in my opinion. Axis have foils for whatever your passion is..... One Ocean are also expanding their wing range with some bloody beauties and Konrad have Axis compatible foils....so with this mast you would have endless options.......
For me. My freeride Windfoiling sessions just got way better......I can't stop smiling.
