Our main goal is durability. Of course we care about performance, but our focus is durability so that the masts will last. This is one of the reasons why we have decided to make the masts 96% carbon for performance and we use 4% of other materials to add the durability. Furthermore, after many years of tests and tries we have found out that some glass fibers in the mast give it the right flexibility and softness in the rider’s hands, so the feeling of riding such a mast is more confortable and consequently many times faster.
For clients that are looking for best price we developed 64% carbon masts. They are meant to last, but with a decent carbon percentage the performance will surprise you.
Both constructions have a constant curve that fit most of the sails brands if not all of them. We offer following options length/carbon percentage:
Soul C96 or C64 - RDM - 340, 370, 400, 430, 460
Fast C96 - SDM 430, 460, 490, 520, 550
Fast C64 – SDM 370, 400, 430, 460, 490, 520
Technology:
We build our masts in mandrel wrapping technology using just the first quality carbon pre-preg; all our pre-pregs come with a certification of the carbon fiber quality and the resin content consistency. We produce all the 96% carbon masts line with autoclave consistency, while 64% carbon content masts are cured in a standard oven.
To bring some funkiness and soul back to the sport and to make things more clear we draw on the RDM line that we have called the Soul - dolphins and on the SDM line that we have called Fast - sharks. We did not do this just for the nice design, but if you manage to bring your kids or wife to the windy beach ;) and they help you rigging, you can ask you kid to bring you from the car the two sticks with the pink dolphin instead the RDM 400 that most probably they would not know what it is. It might be useful sometimes don’t you think so?
Welcome to the Recharge world!