All, I have a Catalina 310 and want to mount a spinnaker pole ring. A
car appears to be out of the question as I have an electrical track
that runs up the front of the mast. I have a Forespar pole ring that I
can mount to the mast. One suggestion I got for mounting height was to
put it at eye level. For most of the time it would be used to pole out
my genoa (I have a 135) with occasional flying of a spinnaker. Ideas
on height?

Ray wrote:
All, I have a Catalina 310 and want to mount a spinnaker pole ring. A
car appears to be out of the question as I have an electrical track
that runs up the front of the mast. I have a Forespar pole ring that I
can mount to the mast. One suggestion I got for mounting height was to
put it at eye level. For most of the time it would be used to pole out
my genoa (I have a 135) with occasional flying of a spinnaker. Ideas
on height?

A height that's good for poling out a genoa will probably be too low
for a spinnaker.

"About eye level" is not a bad guide; it depends a lot on how tall you
are and doesn't take into account the size of the spinnaker. But it
should be somewhere in that area for an average sizes person on a 30-
ish ft cruiser-racer.

You can get a more precise idea by looking at a sailplan of the boat
that includes the spinnaker luff. A Catalina dealer should be able to
get you one, or you can call Catalina yourself and ask to speak with
Gerry Douglas.

Fresh Breezes- Doug King

On Sun, 04 Nov 2007 20:24:43 -0800, Ray
wrote this crap:

All, I have a Catalina 310 and want to mount a spinnaker pole ring. A
car appears to be out of the question as I have an electrical track
that runs up the front of the mast. I have a Forespar pole ring that I
can mount to the mast. One suggestion I got for mounting height was to
put it at eye level. For most of the time it would be used to pole out
my genoa (I have a 135) with occasional flying of a spinnaker. Ideas
on height?


A spinnaker pole is kind of heavy to use on a genoa. Consider a
whisker pole for the genoa, and a spinnaker pole for a spinnaker.
Anyway, you'll need two different heights, therefore two rings.

Unroll, or hoist the genoa, and put the pole on it and push it out.
Keep it level, and mark where it should go on the mast. When using
the pole, it should be level.




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