If it's in good shape, buy the pole, remove an end fitting by either taking out the screws or drilling out the rivets, cut 10" off the aluminum pole, drill the pole for new screws or rivets and put it all back together. Easy!
Rich > On Nov 3, 2013, at 10:39, Jean-Francois J Rivard <jfriv...@us.ibm.com> wrote: > > Hello All, > > I got lucky at my marina's flee market this summer and found a nice spinnaker > for a 100 bucks that's almost perfect for my boat. For some reason a prior > owner disposed of the spinnaker pole / car and I am in the process of > sourcing those. Not wanting to pay 1,600 - 1,800 for a custom new pole I > found a used one that might work. I need some help to determine my course of > actions: > > My boat is a 1990 34+ (Also known as a 34/36) My "J" measurement is 14.83 > feet and the pole I found measures 15.7 feet. > Can I just use it as is? I don't know the implications but it seems to me > that the pole sticking out 11 inches past the forestay would not be a > problem. > If not I suppose I could cut it and refit the end? > If I cut it, hoe much would I take out? > > I might end-up buying new end fittings anyway just sot start with something > fresh.. At 350.00 asking price the pole looks like a good deal. > > Thanks in advance, > > -Francois Rivard > 1990 34+ "Take Five" > Lake Lanier, Georgia > _______________________________________________ > This List is provided by the C&C Photo Album > http://www.cncphotoalbum.com > CnC-List@cnc-list.com
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