I have both. The whisker pole is 3 inches and the spinnaker pole is 3.5 or 4 in diameter. For downwind sailing, there is not a lot of stress on the pole when hooked to a jib. If it stretches from 7 to 17, it would not be classified as "light".
We are limited by PHRF to the J length, so I don't use it as the spinnaker pole does quite well, but I use the whisker pole for cruising as it pushes the number one further out and works better. Gary ----- Original Message ----- From: dwight To: cnc-list@cnc-list.com Sent: Friday, April 04, 2014 1:04 PM Subject: Re: Stus-List Whisker pole - 32 If you sail almost ddw with the jib poled out to weather you won't want a pole longer than J and the boat will go a lot faster and you will want a real spin pole not a light whisker pole ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ From: CnC-List [mailto:cnc-list-boun...@cnc-list.com] On Behalf Of William Hall Sent: April 4, 2014 1:32 PM To: cnc-list Subject: Re: Stus-List Whisker pole - 32 I agree, if that pole is usable, get it! Here in Long Island Sound, the whisker pole PHRF reg is no longer than LP. So if your jib is a 150%, LP is 1.5*J, quite a bit longer than J. Having that extra length beyond J makes a big difference. Spinnaker pole length on the other hand is usually J. Cheers, Bill On Fri, Apr 4, 2014 at 12:22 PM, Hoyt, Mike <mike.h...@impgroup.com> wrote: Whisker pole is generally supposed to equal the J measurement of your boat. For the 32 is 12.8 feet. Price for the one 7 - 15 feet is $399 + tax so this is a good price. http://ca.binnacle.com/Whisker-Poles-&-Hardware/c232/p3070/FORESPAR-WHISKER-POLE-(TWISTLOCK-ADJ.-7-15-FT.)/product_info.html#description From: CnC-List [mailto:cnc-list-boun...@cnc-list.com] On Behalf Of Stevan Plavsa Sent: Friday, April 04, 2014 1:14 PM To: cnc-list@cnc-list.com Subject: Stus-List Whisker pole - 32 There's one for sale locally, 7' to 17' extension. I don't have one (but there are chocks/mounts on the deck for one). Is this the right size for a C&C 32? How does a person determine suitable length for a whisker pole? Asking price is $100, this seems pretty cheap?? It's a forespar. Buy?! Thanks, Steve Suhana, C&C 32 Toronto _______________________________________________ This List is provided by the C&C Photo Album http://www.cncphotoalbum.com CnC-List@cnc-list.com -- William D. Hall, Ph.D. 203 653 2886 (o) 617 620 9078 (c) wh...@alum.mit.edu ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ _______________________________________________ This List is provided by the C&C Photo Album http://www.cncphotoalbum.com CnC-List@cnc-list.com
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