One other thing to keep in mind: if you do damage a pole, and it’s carbon fiber, it’s going to be a pricey fix. With aluminum, you can usually remove and reuse the end fittings and get new tubing; or if the damage is near an end fitting, cut the damaged tubing off and reinstall the end fitting on a shorter, but still usable, pole.
— Fred Fred Street -- Minneapolis S/V Oceanis (1979 C&C Landfall 38) -- on the hard in Bayfield, WI :^( > On Apr 3, 2019, at 1:00 PM, Della Barba, Joe via CnC-List > <cnc-list@cnc-list.com <mailto:cnc-list@cnc-list.com>> wrote: > > That is kind of variable. My aluminum spinnaker pole is heavy and awkward for > me to deal with. I would LOVE the weight reduction of a carbon fiber pole. It > would make a hard job easy. > No budget for it through and I can handle the pole, so I do. If I was 5 feet > tall and 100 pounds, a carbon pole would be more of a requirement than a > luxury. > > Joe > Coquina > C&C 35 MK I
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