MaverX Masts Compatibility

Compatibility

MaverX have worked hard to ensure their masts not only rig the vast majority of modern sails well but often enhance the sails performance compared to even the sail brands own masts. After a lot of testing and development we can say that MaverX masts work very well with Simmer, Neil Pryde, North, Severne, Tushingham,  Challenger, Ezzy, Naish and Goya sails.

It should be noted that we don’t just stick to a set curve across all sizes of masts. 

We analyse exactly what each mast will be used for and the type of sails that are likely to be rigged on it. 

Each mast is then fine tuned to offer the most performance possible in those conditions. 

A 460 mast is not used in the same way a 370 might be and each of our masts are tuned to reflect this. 

All our masts are constant curve. Please contact your local dealer who will have the exact figures for each mast.

Please read below some sailors real world experience of using our masts.

User Feed back

Bouke Becker - Team Ezzy

Me and my team riders have been using MaverX masts in all our Ezzy sails for years. The masts work at least as good as the original Ezzy masts, The bend curve fits perfect. Depending on which MaverX chosen, they are cheaper or lighter and/or stronger. They carry a better guarantee and have some nice functional details.  Bouke Becker - Will Ward - Pieter Delaleeuw - Ezzy 2007-2011 3.7-6.0m²

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Jan Novak – Stilo 370 and 400 with Neil Pryde Combats 2008 – 2010
"The masts are both more then perfect. As I just move on from SDM to RDM, the difference I feel is awesome. The sails feel extremely light at hands with those masts. What is also good that they fit perfectly to my NP sails. Before I had to always set the base 2cm longer then the NP defines to get the perfect shape and twist. Now, having those masts, the problem
disappeared and I set the base exactly the same as the each single sails requires. A little problem is that the sails are also more powerful, so might consider buying smaller ones. Instead of 4.7 and 5.2 something like 4.5 and 5.0"

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Richy - Stilo 300 with 2010 Simmer Icons and Irons

"Had an afternoon on my 5m icon with the 400 mast , it was quite gusty, choppy and patchy and about 25mph gusting 45mph ,others blown off the water on 4m , 4.2m and 4.5m at the windiest. next day out on the 5.7m iron and 430 mast , not as windy but not as gusty patchy either . the sails look different on the beach compaired to the ezzy and powerex masts, i set them on the maverx with the leach loose half way across the sail between batten 1 and 2, that makes the leach a quarter loose between battons 2 and 3 , and a tiny bit loose between batons 3 and 4 . the ezzy mast makes the leech fall away dramaticaly only beween battens 2 and 3 .

on the water the sails felt really good , not as front handed , just a touch, also had a very smooth power delivery , still powerfull and no body could keep up with me so fast as well. tried them with less downhaul as well , almost a tight leach but didnt like them like that ,felt very graby when getting going and didnt keep planing very well, so put the downhaul back on and shot off the beach again at full speed. the tips of the sails wag around a bit like an ezzy sail as well , noticed more on the iron, could just be i had a touch more downhaul on it though. all in all I think they feel like an upgrade compaired to the ezzy and just a touch better than the powerex. more testing to follow next windy day."

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Tim - Stilo 200 with Simmer Icon 2010

"The mast makes the rig feel so light and the sail has a huge wind range. All my other rigs now feel very heavy"

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Toby - Gaastra manic 2011

I have tried my 5.3 on a 400 bottom and 430 top and it works very well, its suppose to rig on a 400 but is just a little soft, this combination is good and the sail seems perfect.

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