On Sun, 11 Jul 2004 10:10:55 -0700, Keith wrote:

mast are on shroud fittings which read "IYE England". So knowing that
this is an England based deck fitting manufacturer, I am assuming the
mast was from a
boat of English manufacture. The mast is anodized gold or bronze in
color, about 30 feet long give or take a few feet, has a mast top hook
to receive a ring fitted mainsail. All the fitting seem somewhat
light in manufacture to me comparing them to what I was familiar with
on my 18 foot prindle cat. For instance the halyard cleats appear to
be stamped metal rather than forged. Could this be from a small
monohull racer?

It indeed looks like it from your description. I'd date it to the
early 70s (or even a little earlier). Pear-shaped sections and
'gold'-colour was what alu masts was like back then. IYE was (is?)
based in the U.K. as far as I know.

Cheers,

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