I think you'll find that at typical spinnaker pole is too short.  Spin
poles are roughly equal to the "J" length.  As I understand it an asym pole
should be roughly the same length as the foot.

I just bought a whisker pole from forespar.  The website has lots of
guidance regarding recommended pole length.

Josh Muckley
S/V Sea Hawk
1989 C&C 37+
Solomons, MD
On Jun 17, 2016 11:45 AM, "TOM VINCENT via CnC-List" <cnc-list@cnc-list.com>
wrote:

I race on Wednesday nights on the Bohemia River in Maryland and lately the
race committee has been doing a better job having a windward start and a
down wind leg. Unfortunately, I use an assymetrical spinnaker which does
very poorly dead down wind, even gybing has not helped. One of my crew was
wondering if we used a regular spinnaker pole, if it would help us down
wind. I was wondering if anyone on the forum has any experience using a
pole with an assymetrical spinnaker.

Tom Vincent
Frolic II, C&C 36 cb
Chesapeake City, MD

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