Alan et al:
I spent much of my racing time doing the foredeck....the bigger the
boat, the bigger the breeze, dip pole jib is the only way you would get
me on the foredeck doing that job.
I usually sat outside the forestay on the pulpit....new guy cocked and
loaded in hand opposite the exisiting guy....... opposite hand on the
downhaul to pull pole to me.....called the trip on the guy by the mast
man by watching the helmsman steering the boat DDD.....we got so that a
simple head nod from me to the mast man would trigger the guy
trip.....mast man, after trip, guided the pole down to me and then
started to raise it at the mast for the pit man after the new guy was
'made'. Cock pit trimmers followed our lead.
One important thing in a dip pole jib is for the helmsman not to over
steer....meaning just pause a moment when DDD so the crew all do their
respective job(s) and it will go very smoothly and more importantly, safely.
Rob Abbott
AZURA
C&C 32 - 84
Halifax, N.S.
On 2014/04/29 5:55 PM, Alan Bergen wrote:
I've been doing dip pole gybes for the past thirty-seven years. Even
did it with my thirty foot Ericson. It's safer, and easier once you
get the hang of it. Use the primaries for the guys, and the
secondaries for the sheets. You'll have some on the list telling you
that end for ends are easier, but I doubt whether they gave dip pole
gybes a chance. I did end for end gybes on my first boat, a
twenty-six footer, and once I switched to dip pole with my next boat,
I never went back.
Alan-Bergen
35 Mk III Thirsty
Rose City YC
Portland, OR
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