Mast splicing revisited

[Sand crab]

There was another thread on this that was closed because some of the posters were getting carried away with off-topic nonsense. (not me ) I'll be good now. I promise. The discussion was about whether mast splicing or welding was good or bad or uncommon. This is a PDF file from Sparcraft which is one of the worlds largest spars and systems manufacturers.
http://www.sparcraft-us.com/us/produ...kcatalogue.pdf
On pages 16,17, and 28 they show and discuss internal splicing when required for transportation or other issues. I just wanted to show that splicing a mast is not uncommon and is in fact required by simple logistics on larger rigs. They show a superyacht with a 49m mast. I wonder how many splices that had. Thank you for you time. BOB