DON’T DO IT! Mount a stationary ring (cheap option) or a Spinnaker Pole Lift on the leading edge of the mast. You will need full mobility of your rig when sailing with a spinnaker. If you use the ring on the trailing edge of the mast, one wind shift will pull your pole forward and damage your shrouds or snap the whisker pole. That big sail is a powerful force!
I think the ring of which you speak is for clipping halyards when not in use. TODD Indigo Out We Go Sodus Bay, NY On Thu, Nov 18, 2021 at 9:42 AM Bob Mann via CnC-List <cnc-list@cnc-list.com> wrote: > Don't do it. Spend the few bucks and set it up right. That little ring > won't be able to take the pressure of a whisker pole. I don't know what > that ring could be used for, other than maybe holding a preventer that > isn't deployed. > > Bob > > On 11/18/2021 9:27 AM Bruce Whitmore via CnC-List <cnc-list@cnc-list.com> > wrote: > > > Hello all, > > I was wondering if you folks can give me some advice as to rigging a > whisker pole on our 37/40+. The boat, which has spent a good part of its > time on the west coast of Florida, was previously named "Dagny" and saw its > share of races. Yet, the boat does not have a whisker pole ring/car on the > front of the mast, and does not have a whisker pole onboard. Nor does it > have the equipment for a spinnaker pole, though the boat came with a > symmetrical spinnaker. > > I'd like to rig a whisker pole for use with our 150 Genoa and a large > asymmetrical spinnaker. > > Funny thing is, at the gooseneck, there is a bolt that holds the two > pieces together that has a ring mounted at the bottom. I don't think it > would get the perfect angle, but would it be that easy to rig the pole to > that ring? A photo of that bolt/ring can be found here: > > https://www.dropbox.com/s/re5kalfn9slfidr/Gooseneck%20Fitting.jpg?dl=0 > > The 150 and the asymmetrical will both have the clew behind the mast most > if not all the time I would be using it. In the case of the big > asymmetrical, I think it might be so far back as to bank up against the > rigging, though obviously I haven't used one on this boat as of yet. > > Can anyone provide any insights? > > Thank you!!! > > Bruce Whitmore > 1994 C&C 37/40+ "Astralis" > Madeira Beach, FL > Thanks to all of the subscribers that contributed to the list to help with > the costs involved. If you want to show your support to the list - use > PayPal to send contribution -- https://www.paypal.me/stumurray Thanks - > Stu > > Thanks to all of the subscribers that contributed to the list to help with > the costs involved. If you want to show your support to the list - use > PayPal to send contribution -- https://www.paypal.me/stumurray Thanks > - Stu
Thanks to all of the subscribers that contributed to the list to help with the costs involved. If you want to show your support to the list - use PayPal to send contribution -- https://www.paypal.me/stumurray Thanks - Stu
