WRONG!!!! wrong wrong wrong wrong and oh, did I mention, wrong? Anytime, or any, any time, that is to say, in a round-about way A N Y T I M E there is a forestay wrap or a forestay/pole episode it is the fault (that is spelled F-A-U-L-T) and sole responsilbiltiy of the IDIOTS in the vegetable bin, that is to say, the COCKpit, the back of the bus, the aft-most sections of the vessel about which we are speaking, the people who sit around in the back of the boat barely paying attentoin and making bad decsions.
Blaimg a bent whisky pole on a bowman is like blaming GLOBAL WARMING on AL Gore. You need to get down on your hands and knees and SUPPLICATE before your bowman and thank him (or her) profusely for being alive and for showing up on time to race on your boat...there are PLENTY of others. tf bow wow wow man > Great racing last night - 2nd place! Unfortunately, my idiot bowman > hasn't learned how to work the whisker pole. The short of it is the pole > started to wrap around the forestay in 15 knot winds. Looking at it this > morning, there is about a 2-3" belly when the pole is fully extended. Is > it possible to straighten the pole? If so, how? > > Bob Mann > Windcatcher
