From keel to masttop, we create
Ceilidh Composite Technologies…
…manufactures carbon fibre parts for a wide range of applications. With its roots in sailing, the demanding pressures of wind and water have let us show the quality of our products. With creative use of production processes Ceilidh offers smart solutions to the challenges of composite products. Industry standard processes using the highest quality materials are modified to suit the specialized in-house production methods.
Ceilidh Composite Technologies was founded in 1997 to provide carbon fibre masts to Olympic sailing classes. The same technology and attention to detailed custom production has been applied to a range of fields.
OK PreWorlds & Worlds in Australia
With many of the southern hemisphere sailors that came to the 2023 OK Dinghy Worlds in Lyme Regis buying Ceilidh masts for the event last year, these masts have all been shipped back to Australia and are sharing the spoilsRead more
E-mail server issues
Unfortunately we have had a lot of problems recently with our email provider. It appears that we have not been able to send over 50% of our recent e-mails. We have just change servers and hope to have solved allRead more
Offices closed from 1 February 2023 to 13 February 2023
Our offices are closed from 1 February 2023 through to 13 February 2023. Production is still open so all orders are being processed. To get in touch with us during this period please send an e-mail to info@carbonmasts.com.
Price increases
It is with regret that we have to modify our prices due to the effects of price increases from our suppliers. Due to various factors we are faced with significant increases in our transport prices and uncertainty in raw materialRead more
Splash Masts
The first batch of Splash Dinghy Carbon masts has recently be delivered to the class builder. The mast is equal in performance to the aluminium masts but should not suffer from the permanent bend problems of the existing masts. CeilidhRead more
Job Vacancy
We are currently looking for colleagues to work in our production and finishing units. There is no specific schooling for this job, but if you are technical, good with your hands, creative and accurate, or you have previously worked withRead more
Price changes for 2022
Unfortunately Ceilidh Composite Technologies has also been affected by the increase in raw material costs in the composite industry. During 2021 the average carbon pre-preg price for our products increased by 5%, a price increase that we chose to absorbRead more
Contender mast
As a natural development of products which utilize the 70mm x 50mm teardrop mould which Ceilidh designed for the Flying Dutchman class, the Contender dinghy seemed to be an ideal candidate for the achievable mechanical properties of this design. HavingRead more
Carbonmasts on Instagram
Ceilidh also posts on Instagram and is working on a tighter integration between the website and social media outlets. It’s a great way for us to let our followers discover the wide range of products and services that carbonmasts.com areRead more
FD Mast production
Just prior to the COVID-19 outbreak we manufactured 3 FD masts for customers in The Netherlands and Switzerland. Unfortunately due to the lockdown restrictions we have not had too much feedback with regards to the performance, and definitely no resultsRead more