[Rhodes22-list] Whisker pole, was: Rhodes Sailing Videos

[Jay Friedland]

Bud,
The quick answer if you're running a 150-175% gennie has been the  
Forespar HD 6-12L, expanded to 8' or 9'. I had a fixed ring mount and  
went to a ring on a 24" adjustable track, approximately 18" off the  
deck to keep the foot at it's normal height above the deck or pole  
horizontal. A topping lift is needed, and the pole sets between the  
fore lower stay and the upper stay. Several owners store theirs  
against the mast, but an already heavy mast with stored main, and  
less frequent use of the full centerboard dictates v-berth storage to  
me.

Also, for a lot of single-handed sailing, I've opted for the UPS  
cruising spinnaker as my downwind choice for ease of setting (whisker  
pole is near impossible to set single-handed). Typically, I'll run  
gennie and UPS wing on wing solo.

Hope this helps.
Jay

On Oct 16, 2006, at 9:10 AM, budconnor at earthlink.net wrote:

> All,
>   while on the topic ... does anybody have any whisker pole  
> recommendations?
> Such as length, diameter, how to attach to the mast, how high up  
> the mast, etc.
>
> Thanks,
> Bud
>
> -----Original Message-----
>> From: R22RumRunner at aol.com
>> Sent: Oct 16, 2006 7:46 AM
>> To: rhodes22-list at rhodes22.org
>> Subject: Re: [Rhodes22-list] Rhodes Sailing Videos
>>
>>
>> In a message dated 10/15/2006 11:40:38 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time,
>> napoli68 at charter.net writes:
>>
>> http://www.sailingtexas.com/Movies/Rhodes22c/srhodes22c2.html
>>
>>
>> Great videos, but he needs to spend a hundred bucks and buy a  
>> whisker  pole.
>>
>> Rummy
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