Typhoon Spars

TYPHOON Spars is an XS Marines owned brand. The spars are manufactured in India to the highest quality.

MAST - TYPHOON 2.2

BOOM - TYPHOON 45

SPRIT – TYPHOON 27

We offer the TYPHOON 2.2 Mast coupled with the TYPHOON 45 Boom. The TYPHOON 45 Boom (45mm diameter) encompasses the strength and stiffness of not only the 40 mm diameter boom of other spar manufacturers, but also takes on the 55 mm diameter boom which is normally used by heavier children.

TYPHOON range of Optimist Racing Spars are manufactured from Aerospace Aluminium Alloy 7075 T6. The tubes have been extruded by a top European aluminium extrusion company and meet the required specifications of the engineering code ASME. There is no compromise in quality or specification.

We at XS Marines are of the opinion that the TYPHOON 45 boom can be used by sailors of any weight or size. We do not advocate thinner booms for younger / lighter children and thicker booms for heavier children, leading to cost pressure on the parent of the Optimist sailors . The same boom used with a bridal or a central strap can help both the lighter as well as the heavier sailor.

Performance
Earlier in 2003 the spars were offered with the TYPHOON 32 Booms, equivalent to the Blacklite Boom. These were first used at the IODA ASIAN OPTIMIST SAILING CHAMPIONSHIP 2003 in Mumbai. The Gold was won by a Chinese sailor using these spars and we had a total of 5 sailors using TYPHOON spars in the top 10 of the fleet i.e. 1st, 3rd,4th,6th & 10th.

Export
In a tie up with Praga Industries (Optimist Hull manufacturer) we have supplied spars to Algeria, Mauritius, and to some individuals who have seen / used the spars. At the 2008 IODA African Championship held in Mauritius in addition to supplying the TYPHOON 32 booms we also supplied the new TYPHOON 45 Boom.

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The Lightning Spars are locally extruded spars in Alloy 6061 T6 as per the Lightning class specifications.

These spars have been extensively used on the Colaba Sailing Club’s Lightning boats successfully for the past 5 years. These masts can also be used on other class of boats sailed in India.

We have also extruded booms suitable for Enterprise, 420 and 470 class in 6061 T6 alloy . These booms are also used on the Seabird class successfully for the past 2 years.