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where do you store the spinnaker pole?
On Mon, 02 Jan 2006 10:26:24 GMT, scudding along
wrote: On a magnificent 23' sailing yacht,.. where do you store the pole? ================== A lot of people clip the aft end to one of the shrouds. That is usually enough to secure it. When racing I like to leave it hooked up, clipped to the mast ring, and lowered to the deck. We used a velcro strap to secure the topping lift back near the mast to keep it clear while tacking the jib. |
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where do you store the spinnaker pole?
"Wayne.B" wrote in message ... On Mon, 02 Jan 2006 10:26:24 GMT, scudding along wrote: On a magnificent 23' sailing yacht,.. where do you store the pole? ================== A lot of people clip the aft end to one of the shrouds. That is usually enough to secure it. When racing I like to leave it hooked up, clipped to the mast ring, and lowered to the deck. We used a velcro strap to secure the topping lift back near the mast to keep it clear while tacking the jib. Do you find the windage and turbulence has a negative effect on your windward performance this way? DP |
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where do you store the spinnaker pole?
On Tue, 3 Jan 2006 11:07:14 +1100, "d parker"
wrote: Do you find the windage and turbulence has a negative effect on your windward performance this way? ============================ Nothing that is significant enough to notice. It dramatically improves the speed of getting the pole ready for a spinnaker hoist however, and also the speed of getting the foredeck clear to tack after a spinnaker take down and jib hoist. We also found that it went a long way towards preventing mistakes which can be very costly. One of my other pole handling innovations was to rig an internal shock cord system inside the pole to automatically retract the topping lift pennant back to the mast end. All of this assumes dip pole jibes where the same end is always attached to the mast. I'm talking about short course, round-the-buoys racing of course. On a distance race where you are about to head upwind for many hours I would probably stow the pole unless it was at night when the risk of mistakes is higher. |
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