<HTML>In a message dated 11/11/2002 5:56:27 AM Central Standard Time, mfarrel2@tampabay.rr.com writes: <BLOCKQUOTE TYPE=CITE style="BORDER-LEFT: #0000ff 2px solid; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 5px">Sailboat spars come in a variety of designs, and many had lengths that were scarfed together, and the cross-section of the mast was made up of several pieces - that's how they made some masts hollow. </BLOCKQUOTE> Terry: I've spent too much time dealing with the old lake schooner builders--big boats with solid spars. The scarf joined masts are rare on these boats. But they're all still cured outside, up here anyway. This is the word I get from folks at the Maritime Society. Paul RJ </HTML>