Has anybody broken a x6 mast,i broke my new one while just sailing along in light wind it snapped about one foot above the boom,i was over 5 kms out to sea at the time, not happy,it was the first mast i have broken in over 15 years.so if anyone has broken one could you let me know

That sucks. I'm really worried that one day someone gets in serious trouble from a broken mast.
I have had a few 520cmX6 masts and never had a breakage.

same here... have multiple X6 RDM and SDM masts and no breakage yet...

That said, a few years back I had 3 X7 masts that all broke within 10 minutes of rigging up. To Neil Pryde's credit they acknowledged that there had been a production issue and I was refunded for all masts no problem.

I am guessing this could have been a production fault that wasn't picked up by final quality check. Still, not very helpful when you are 5k out to sea...

F2 said...

Has anybody broken a x6 mast,i broke my new one while just sailing along in light wind it snapped about one foot above the boom,i was over 5 kms out to sea at the time, not happy,it was the first mast i have broken in over 15 years.so if anyone has broken one could you let me know

Yep, broke 2 both 4.0. first one snapped same place as yours at 8 months old and put it down to abuse in surf. second one snapped same place at 2months old and only chop hop sailing. don't use x6 any more. Disapointing as its the only problem I've had with NP gear in 20 years of using it.

F2 said...

Has anybody broken a x6 mast,i broke my new one while just sailing along in light wind it snapped about one foot above the boom,i was over 5 kms out to sea at the time, not happy,it was the first mast i have broken in over 15 years.so if anyone has broken one could you let me know

Unlucky, i have had no problems with my x6 masts for the last 2 years.....Hope i don't jinx myself now

I broke a reasonably new X3 a few years ago, was replaced under warranty with an X6 (I paid the diff)...a couple of years later I snapped it. Since then I've also snapped a KA & Gaastra RDM, so guessing that I can't blame any particular brand?!

Sounds like it could be point loading from the extension. Underload the ext. could possibly touch the mast then "snappo".Might be worth measuring the distances of both the ext. and the snap point, also the diameter of youre extension. Interesting!!!!

Sorry, just to confirm. Both the 370 and 400 are two piece brand new rdm x6 and both the top sections broke about 500mm above the join and were only used a handful of times and broke within a couple of weeks of each other. Seems strange ?

No problems with service as the store and NP have been great with replacement. My issue is with swimming in 800m at Point Moore and having gear i cant rely on.