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Ed,
Previously I had a much heavier whisker pole which I never used due to the  
complexity of setting it. The lighter pole works just fine. Using Roger P's  
solution was way to labor intensive, especially setting all the lines. Roger,  
being an engineer always over engineered everything on his boat and still  
managed to get into trouble.

Rummy

In a message dated 9/23/2008 7:01:54 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time,  
ekroposki at charter.net writes:

Slim:

As you recall we used to have a member of this forum,  aka, Roger P.  He
strongly recommended for the 175 or even his 155  Genoa to use the heavy
weight Forespare telescoping 6-12 Spinnaker pole and  not use the tiny
whisker pole.

As per his recommendations, my boat  has a eye for a block about 2/3 up the
mast.  It is for holding the  weight of the Spinnaker Pole.  The extra sheive
on top of the mast is  used for the sail end of the pole to support the
weight of the 175 Genoa  Sail.  With a couple of preventor lines this
combination holds the  pole up, the sail out for light wind.  There is also a
removeable eye  to attach the inner end of the pole to the mast.  Whether it
is used  for Genoa or Spinnaker.  Just like the big boats.

The eye on the  mast and the line thru the sheive on top of the mast allows
the pole to  placed verticle against the front of the mast to get it out of
the  way.

I have an old tiny sysmetrical spinnaker I bought off an old  'lightning
racer' after he sold his boat [They are 19 feet, but race  boats].  The buyer
would not give him anything for the sail when he  sold the boat so he kept
them and sold me one.  After several patches  and many stitches I have a
small light weight spinnaker.  It works  when poling the Genoa does not.  It
just takes a 2-3 mph wind to fill  it out and take me home.  Slow but no iron
jenny.

Roger's point  was that a good gust of wind would bend a whisker pole. 
Rummy's method  might require quick hands to save the pole.  He would have to
put down  his drink to do it.

Ed K
Greenville, SC,  USA
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