First Time Use of Carbon Nanotubes in Sailboat Mast

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    Doug Lord, Nov 1, 2006
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    Can pretty much sum that up in one word: Ka-CHING!
    It ain't gonna be cheap, for sure, but it's pretty cool to finally see a production structural application for these nanotubes everyone's been hyping for so long, even if they aren't living up to a tenth of their potential yet.
     
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