I bought a Forte spinnaker pole ~ 8-10 years ago. At that time it was significantly less than the Forespar and IMHO wound on a mandrel and stronger. A few years later they made a custom adjustable whisker pole for me since I insisted I wanted a duplicate to the equivalent aluminum pole regarding the diameters of the outer and inner poles. I have no connection to the company and don't even know if it still makes such things.
Charlie Nelson Water Phantom 1995 C&C 36 XL/kcb Sent from my iPhone > On May 4, 2015, at 5:13 PM, Chuck S via CnC-List <cnc-list@cnc-list.com> > wrote: > > I want a whisker pole! > > > From: "Jean-Francois J Rivard via CnC-List" <cnc-list@cnc-list.com> > To: cnc-list@cnc-list.com > Sent: Saturday, May 2, 2015 7:37:51 PM > Subject: Stus-List Spinnaker pole storage > > We have 2 poles on the boat now, the spinnaker pole and the whisker pole. > > The spin pole is stored as per the original C&C design: A half loop built > into the bow pulpit fore and a 3 inch shaft sticking out of a stanchion mount > aft. The forward jaw securely grabs the loop and the aft end just slips onto > the shaft. A simple and secure setup. It's right above the rail. > > For the whisker pole I sort of copied the design. I have 2 stanchion mounted > furler line fair Leeds and a stainless U bolt that screws into the holes > where the line would go. That's mounted on the bow pulpit and I have a > Forespar stanchion mount on the aft part. I like that on both sides the pole > end jaw is closed on a rigidly mounted loop. This way no matter what there's > no chance of a 1000.00 $ + pole slipping to Davy Jones' locker. > > In both cases it's right above the rail and does not interfere in any way. > > Btw. The Forespar telescopic whisker pole is awesome. The fact that the > length is adjustable from the mast end is a terrific feature. You shorten it > to less than the J for gibes, it extends to about 22 ft for wing on wing. It > works well for reaching when pointed straight forward (almost at the forestay > ) or shortened and set to leeward for the mother of barber haulers effect. > > -Francois Rivard > 1990 34+ 'Take Five' > Lake Lanier, Ga > > _______________________________________________ > > Email address: > CnC-List@cnc-list.com > To change your list preferences, including unsubscribing -- go to the bottom > of page at: > http://cnc-list.com/mailman/listinfo/cnc-list_cnc-list.com > > > _______________________________________________ > > Email address: > CnC-List@cnc-list.com > To change your list preferences, including unsubscribing -- go to the bottom > of page at: > http://cnc-list.com/mailman/listinfo/cnc-list_cnc-list.com >
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