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Posted by John Ibele
on 8/26/2008, 8:16 pm, in reply to "Re: Pole storage question"
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Hi Dave,
That makes sense, now that you explain it that way....those with double-ended poles might use the system if they could find an end they could call the aft end! I understand the relative advantages between the two systems based on past posts, and since I'm almost all the way set up I'll just use the shock cord system around the boom & mast. I'm not sure if you remove the spring-loaded pin from the aft end of the boom so that you can remove the pole quickly from the bail or not, but I'll experiment once I'm in the water. Thanks again for all the advice.
--Previous Message--
: My advise would be not to try and use
: part of one system and part of
: another. If you have a single ended
: pole set up on your mast and pole
: then use the retracting system that
: a single pole sysytem uses and learn
: how to use it. Otherwise go to the
: double ended sysytem and fit the
: boom with the storage rings which
: can be anything from PVC pipe thats
: been cut and secured onto the boom
: or covered cable that will stay in a
: hoop. Personally I like the single
: ended sysyem that has the one end of
: the pole attached to the front of
: the spinnaker pole and other end
: attach to a swivel pulley that rides
: along a shock cord that attaches to
: the boom near the back and wraps
: around the mast and attaches to the
: other side again near the back of
: the boom. When the crew goes to set
: the pole the end of the pole just
: rides up to the bail on the mast and
: when the crew goes to take it down
: they just push it off the ploe off
: the bail and it automatically rides
: back into storage on the boom
: without the crew trying to hit those
: loops while dosing the sail. I
: think it is faster in raising and
: lowing the spinnaker. Of course
: others may have a different
: viewpoint and maybe this is a good
: topic to share with each other. Any
: other opinions?
:
: --Previous Message--
: I'm fitting out an older (!)
: fireball
: with a spinnaker, and have a mast
: with the topping lift entry set for
: a single-ended pole. That's fine,
: considering I won't be racing it
: anytime soon, and won't be gybing it
: much either, for that matter.
:
: Two questions:
:
: 1.) Can I use hoops on the boom
: equally well to store a single ended
: pole as for a double ended pole when
: not in use? If yes, then
:
: 2.) Where can I find the hoops, or
: what do people use for these. It
: looks like insulated cable from the
: pictures I can find.
:
: By the way, US6735 (I think that's
: right, but what the heck - if you're
: a 14xxx you really don't care!) will
: be ready for sailing next spring
: thanks to the patient and expert
: advice Dave White provided over two
: years ago.
:
: Full, gory detail can be found at
: www.familyfireball.blogspot.com
:
: Cheers,
:
: -- John Ibele
:
:
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