[Rhodes22-list] whiskerpole - reply to Slim

[Mary Lou Troy]

Of course I meant it leans on the shrouds or stays - not the spreaders.

Time for another cup of tea.

ML

At 08:56 AM 9/24/2008, you wrote:
>We have the heavier Forespar pole (spring clips at both ends) which
>we attach to a padeye on the mast and the sheets near the clew. We
>haven't needed extra lines to control the pole. I think (it's been a
>while) that it seems to work best with the sail furled slightly -
>otherwise it leans on the spreaders. I think our padeye is a bit low
>but the pole works ok anyway. We have track for the mast but have
>never installed it. We store the pole on the pegboard in the v-berth.
>It has come in handy at times but we don't use it as much as we use
>the UPS for downwind work. I have scared myself using it in building
>winds downwind.
>
>Mary Lou
>1991 R22 Fretless
>Rock Hall, MD
>
>At 08:18 AM 9/24/2008, you wrote:
> >Ed,
> >Previously I had a much heavier whisker pole which I never used due to the
> >complexity of setting it. The lighter pole works just fine. Using Roger P's
> >solution was way to labor intensive, especially setting all the
> >lines. Roger,
> >being an engineer always over engineered everything on his boat and still
> >managed to get into trouble.
> >
> >Rummy
> >
> >
> >In a message dated 9/23/2008 7:01:54 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time,
> >ekroposki at charter.net writes:
> >
> >
> >Slim:
> >
> >As you recall we used to have a member of this forum,  aka, Roger P.  He
> >strongly recommended for the 175 or even his 155  Genoa to use the heavy
> >weight Forespare telescoping 6-12 Spinnaker pole and  not use the tiny
> >whisker pole.
> >
> >As per his recommendations, my boat  has a eye for a block about 2/3 up the
> >mast.  It is for holding the  weight of the Spinnaker Pole.  The 
> extra sheive
> >on top of the mast is  used for the sail end of the pole to support the
> >weight of the 175 Genoa  Sail.  With a couple of preventor lines this
> >combination holds the  pole up, the sail out for light 
> wind.  There is also a
> >removeable eye  to attach the inner end of the pole to the mast.  Whether it
> >is used  for Genoa or Spinnaker.  Just like the big boats.
> >
> >The eye on the  mast and the line thru the sheive on top of the mast allows
> >the pole to  placed verticle against the front of the mast to get it out of
> >the  way.
> >
> >I have an old tiny sysmetrical spinnaker I bought off an old  'lightning
> >racer' after he sold his boat [They are 19 feet, but 
> race  boats].  The buyer
> >would not give him anything for the sail when he  sold the boat so he kept
> >them and sold me one.  After several patches  and many stitches I have a
> >small light weight spinnaker.  It works  when poling the Genoa does not.  It
> >just takes a 2-3 mph wind to fill  it out and take me home.  Slow 
> but no iron
> >jenny.
> >
> >Roger's point  was that a good gust of wind would bend a whisker pole.
> >Rummy's method  might require quick hands to save the pole.  He 
> would have to
> >put down  his drink to do it.
> >
> >Ed K
> >Greenville, SC,  USA
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