While sail furled (or even unfurled if jibing) attach sheet to pole. Attach inner end of pole to mast. Attach topping lift and fore-guy. Raise pole up to clew of sale whilst under some fore-guy tension.
Unroll sail with sheet while playing out foreguy. Reverse to put away. As Andy said...should not be a big deal if you plan ahead. FYI. My spin pole is aluminum and almost 17' feet long. For the number of times we do this its kinda hard to amortize the cost of carbon fibre. David F. Risch, J. D. Gulf Stream Associates, LLC (401) 419-4650 ________________________________ From: CnC-List <cnc-list-boun...@cnc-list.com> on behalf of Frederick G Street via CnC-List <cnc-list@cnc-list.com> Sent: Wednesday, April 3, 2019 2:20 PM To: David via CnC-List Cc: Frederick G Street Subject: Re: Stus-List [EXTERNAL] Re: Downwind sailing- Whisker pole length and height 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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