Pretty serious racers there worrying about using a whisker pole longer than J and the associated time penalty and that is really only a consideration on a run. There are so many other reasons to take extra seconds or minutes to complete the course. Just stick with your spin pole use your topping lift and pole the genoa out a little to windward so wing on wing with genoa to weather Always found that fastest on a run and less chance of accidental jibe of the mainsail. Try it if you got a spinn pole onboard
On Fri, Mar 29, 2019 at 7:48 PM David via CnC-List <cnc-list@cnc-list.com> wrote: > If I were racing in that neck of the woods I would like some clarification > of this. Unrestricted pole length is a major advantage...especially in > light airs. > > Get Outlook for Android > > ------------------------------ > *From:* CnC-List <cnc-list-boun...@cnc-list.com> on behalf of Michael > Brown via CnC-List <cnc-list@cnc-list.com> > *Sent:* Friday, March 29, 2019 12:40:21 PM > > *To:* cnc-list@cnc-list.com > *Cc:* Michael Brown > *Subject:* Re: Stus-List Downwind sailing- Whisker pole length and height > > Not much in the PHRF-LO Handicapper's manual on the topic. It is covered in > meeting notes from 2008 and 2009. > > *WPL penalty –* There will no longer be a penalty for oversized Whisker > Pole lengths. > > 2009 Spring Meeting. > > > https://www.phrf-lo.org/index.php/about-us/meetings/central-council/205-2009-spring-meeting > > It would be nice if there was some definitive statement in the current > documentation but I > do not see any. > > > Michael Brown > Windburn > C&C 30-1 > > > > > Date: Fri, 29 Mar 2019 12:45:53 +0000 > From: "Hoyt, Mike" <mike.h...@impgroup.com> > To: "cnc-list@cnc-list.com" <cnc-list@cnc-list.com> > > > Michael > > Check the PHRF-LO bylaws carefully. In PHRF-NS the whicker pole is > considered to be a spinnaker pole which is limited to J. You may wish to > look in a definitions section if one is available. I have been involved > with handicapping for many years in our region and this is my understanding > of how most areas do it. However I do know there are some areas that have > separate limit for whisker pole than for spinnaker pole that is permitted > to be longer than J ? I just cannot recall at this time which areas those > are > > Mike > Persistence > Halifax, NS > > _______________________________________________ > > 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 > > -- Sent from Gmail Mobile
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