FYI, from the RRS interpretative case law: Case 97 Rule 50.3, Setting and Sheeting Sails: Use of Outriggers A jockey pole attached to a spinnaker guy is not an outrigger.
Question Is a jockey pole (a pole that exerts outward pressure on the line that controls the fore and aft position of a spinnaker pole) an outrigger? Answer No. When a spinnaker pole is set, the line that controls the fore and aft position of that pole is a guy, not a sheet. A jockey pole putting outward pressure on a guy is therefore not an outrigger, defined by rule 50.3(a) as a "fitting or device" that exerts "outward pressure on a sheet or sail". I believe what the case refers to as a “jockey pole” is the same thing as a “reaching strut.” From: Michael Brown via CnC-List Sent: Friday, December 07, 2018 4:16 PM To: cnc-list@cnc-list.com Cc: Michael Brown Subject: Re: Stus-List Reaching Strut Pole replacement I had taken it from the RRS 50.3 that a reaching strut in not allowed in a race. Michael Brown Windburn C&C 30-1 Date: Fri, 7 Dec 2018 13:53:44 -0500 From: "Matthew L. Wolford" <wolf...@erie.net> Yes, the inboard end attaches to a fitting (usually a ring) on the mast. There should be a fitting on each side, as you noted. The guy runs through the outboard end of the strut. The purpose is to improve the sheeting angle on a pole as it is let forward. (By the time the pole is near the headstay, the guy is pulling almost straight back.) An added benefit is that it prevents unwanted stress on the stanchions due to the guy pushing inward. Given the large loads on my boat, it comes in very handy. If I didn?t race the boat from time to time, it would probably stay in the storage locker. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- _______________________________________________ Thanks everyone for supporting this list with your contributions. Each and every one is greatly appreciated. If you want to support the list - use PayPal to send contribution -- https://www.paypal.me/stumurray
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