I think it is better that the pole never clip into the clew ring of the sail. It should capture the active sheet only. Some skippers tie their bowlines bigger and clip into that, but I converted to using a soft shackle through the genoa clew that captures the luggage tag ends of the sheets, so not much loop to clip into. I clip onto the sheet itself, and use the pole lift to take the weight of the pole off the sail. Works well. I keep the jaws up, so releasing allows the sail to fly up and out of the jaws.
Francois developed a smart method that he described previously that allows him to set the thing without ever lifting the whole weight of the pole. Maybe he'll respond? Chuck ----- Original Message ----- From: "David Knecht via CnC-List" <cnc-list@cnc-list.com> To: "CnC CnC discussion list" <cnc-list@cnc-list.com> Cc: "David Knecht" <davidakne...@gmail.com> Sent: Wednesday, May 27, 2015 10:16:46 AM Subject: Stus-List Whisker pole attachment to genoa Speaking of whisker poles, I now have one (Thanks- Chuck!!). One thing I have found is that with the genoa sheets attached, it is hard to find space to attach the pole end to the clew ring. I am thinking of adding a small loop of lineto the ring to use for attaching the pole, but am worried about it catching on things. Any suggestions? Thanks- Dave On May 26, 2015, at 9:40 PM, Chuck S via CnC-List < cnc-list@cnc-list.com > wrote: Very clever Francois. I'm copying the 34/36 group. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Jean-Francois J Rivard via CnC-List" < cnc-list@cnc-list.com > To: cnc-list@cnc-list.com Cc: "Jean-Francois J Rivard" <jfriv...@us.ibm.com> Sent: Tuesday, May 26, 2015 4:49:44 PM Subject: Stus-List Pictures of my DIY whisker pole mounts Hi, A while back I mentioned I that I made some DIY mounts for my new whisker pole, you can check them out on Flickr here: https://www.flickr.com/photos/133565480@N04/ The links for the parts used are on the photo descriptions. Regards, -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 Aries 1990 C&C 34+ New London, CT _______________________________________________ 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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