Taller mast

[roverhi]

Eventually I'm going to have to replace the mast due to corrosion. Though I don't have much experience sailing the boat, yet, it doesn't appear to be a speed demon in light air. thereI was a Catalina 36, I think, docked next to me and noticed it's stick was considerably taller than mine.

Wonder if anyone has put in a taller stick. Would help increasing sail area and light air performance. Downside would be possibly over-powering the boat and seriously affecting ultimate stability.too quickly. Since she's a center boarder, doesn't have all that lead really deep counteracting the heeling moment of stick and sails.

Just wonder if anyone has done or investigated adding a taller stick. With modern technology, a taller stick doesn't need to be heavier, in fact could probably have signifcantly less weight at the masthead.

Aloha
Peter O.

[Deleted]

most changes to mast, boom mainsheet, have been done to get more room in the $thingypit$, i.e., moving mainsheet to cabin top or raising boom to get more headroom. I haven't heard of anyone getting a taller mast for the reasons you state. I did get a new mast 2 years ago and had it made 1 foot taller. The reason was to then raise my boom that 1 foot to get more headroom for a bimini that can sit higher. Mainsail is the same except 1 foot higher off the cabin top and foot of headsail is something less than a foot higher off the deck. I'm sure someone will say the changes will affect CE and sailing performance but I can't tell the difference and I'm sure it's not much.

[roscoe1]

My 2 cents
The P35 had the longest run of any Pearson boat and underwent a number of improvements. However two things remained the same That was everything above the deck and everything below the waterline remained the same. I feel that if Shaw thought a taller mast would improve the 35 one would have been installed , especially in the later years of manufacture.
However if there is one out there with a taller mast, more than 5 feet. I would like to see how it would perform against a standard rig. Take this as a "BEER CAN CHALLENGE"
Roscoe