On Wed, 10 Nov 2004 23:35:22 -0500, "Doug Dotson"
wrote:

A 50' to 75' whip on any boat would be a problem. A backstay
is not a whip.

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True but it functions the same way electrically.

When I was a kid it was common to see continuously loaded whips with
wire loosely wound around a tapered form, frequently a varnished
bamboo pole. Is anyone making anything like that in fiberglass?