New Boon FRP Phantom - The Selden Phantom Range

New Series 2  Mast

We now supply the all new Series 2 mast from Selden. This has proved to be a significant step forward in Phantom rig control. The section is hi modulus epoxy carbon made into a tubular section.

The mast features a new tapered top section produced from new tooling

to give a much better gust response than the Series 3 below.

More information/data on this as we get it.               

Charlie Cumbley and Jim Hunt have both used the spar this year to great effect.

Also available with Carbon Spreaders at extra cost.

Seldén carbon spars are manufactured on a state-of-the-art CNC filament winding machine offering the best low weight, engineered carbon spars. The new carbon spar range is backed up by the Seldén Group philosophy of attention to detail - all the way from the design of the spar sections to superb quality controlled production.

The new Seldén carbon spars have teardrop shapes instead of the round tubes commonly available on the dinghy market. The "teardrop" profile gives the spar the required stiffness ratios fore and aft to counteract the upwind kicker loads.

The aerofoil shape of the profiled section also gives improved air adhesion compared to round tubes. So the spar directly increases lift and reduces drag, allowing a cleaner air entry onto the luff of the mainsail.

Step-down taper System

Each mast incorporates the Seldén Step-down tapered topmast system. This enables an immediate reduction in the tube inertia where the compression loads in a rig change immediately above the hound and/or the trapeze point.

As a result, the topmast automatically responds through gusts and lulls, as opposed to the mast hinging around the hound point and producing an unbalanced rig - as typically occurs with traditional alloy rigs.