BTW, why would you have a whisker pole if you never race?

We use a whisker pole and don't race (technically)....it's really handy to
pole out the jib when you're on a beam reach in a following sea...then your
jib is always collapsing every time a swell hits a bit beamy...and it's
handy when flying wing=on=wing, especially when there's a bunch of motorboat
traffic....and you can use it to poke your husband at the helm when he's not
paying attention to what you're saying....
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and get used to the idea." - Robert A. Heinlein

and it's
handy when flying wing=on=wing, especially when there's a bunch of motorboat
traffic....and you can use it to poke your husband at the helm when he's not
paying attention to what you're saying....


I was just about to add that as well. We have quite a bit of shipping traffic
on the LIS and wing and wing allows us to stay on track and out of their lanes.

RB

Bobsprit wrote:

and it's
handy when flying wing=on=wing, especially when there's a bunch of motorboat
traffic....and you can use it to poke your husband at the helm when he's not
paying attention to what you're saying....

I was just about to add that as well.

What, about poking your husband?

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LOL


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Bobsprit wrote:

and it's
handy when flying wing=on=wing, especially when there's a bunch of
motorboat
traffic....and you can use it to poke your husband at the helm when he's
not
paying attention to what you're saying....

I was just about to add that as well.

What, about poking your husband?

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Flying Tadpole

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Faint echoes, sometimes inaudible, of the newsgroup's glorious
past are downloadable at http://music.download.com/internetopera