[Rhodes22-list] RummyRummyRummy, et al

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The problem with using a pole with clasps on both ends is disengaging the  
sail end while underway, that's the whole reason for the spike, being able 
to  undo it.
 
Rummy
 
 
In a message dated 11/29/2014 6:57:50 P.M. Eastern Standard Time,  
rhodes22-list at rhodes22.org writes:

Graham,

You still have to bring the sail inboard to insert  the spike into the
clew.  Even Jennifer Lawrence can't aim that  good.  Get a pole with clasps
on both ends and you'll never lose  it.

Rick

On Sat, Nov 29, 2014 at 3:33 PM, The Rhodes 22 Email  List <
rhodes22-list at rhodes22.org> wrote:

> I have been  using a whisker pole with the spiked end for years without
> difficulty.  Obviously you need to have tension on the sheet to keep it in
> place  but I have not found that to be difficult to do.
> An advantage is that  the spiked end can be fed into the clew without
> having to bring the  sail inboard. Once the spike is inserted into the 
clew
> you release the  tension on the sheet while pushing on the pole just 
enough
> to allow  the other end to be attached to the mast and you then crank in 
the
>  sheet until the sail is in the correct position. Similarly, you can  
remove
> the pole without bringing the sail in.
>
>  Graham
>
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
>  From: rhodes22-list-bounces at rhodes22.org [mailto:
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> Sent: November-29-14 1:23 PM
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> Subject: [Rhodes22-list] RummyRummyRummy, et al
>
>  Hey Rummy,(and anyone who knows):
>      I am going to  get a whisker pole from WM, and noticed on the archive
> that you had  the Forespar version with a clip inboard and a spike out a 
the
> sail.  Does that spike have any trouble staying put?  Maybe I should I  go
> for the model with a clip inboard and outboard.
>   I shattered my wrist in July and have been barred by the surgeon  (and
> his self-appointed assistant, my wife) from even looking at a  sailboat
> until next season. (Of course, pictures are OK)   I  am really removed 
from
> the mentality that binds us all on the etherial  plane of offshore
> living...offshore thinking. So, I seek solace here  on the list. where I
> live, vicariously, through the accounts of  others. With all of this empty
> time, I find myself thinking about how  to spend my limited boat budget.
> "Limited is the operative word, so I  still have lots of time.  It's taken
> over four years, but I am  finally beginning to appreciate (some of)
> retirement.
>   Now that I have given the list an update on my woeful  condition, I
> can relax and await the "Santa-sack" of wise  responses.  ttfn.
> Joe Camps/v John Dawson
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