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whisker pole
Mike;
there appears to be some diff between the nw and the chesapeake. chessie. does not require that the whisker pole be set opposite the boom. dead downwind you obviously would want it opposite. all the rules and ussailing state only one pole may be used at a time except when gybing. re;ussailing 50.2 there are times when its adventageous to pole out gennie same side as boom on certain reaches and its perfectly legal by USSailing rules. I don''t know which rule would take precadence. PHRF or USSail. You should also look at USSailing rule 50.3(b)(2) On the chessie we have two non-spin classes. one and two headsail classes. since your rules state it must be opposite then you might want to consider sheeting on the end of the boom on certain reaches. this keeps the slot open and shapes the genie much better. I think I remember seeing in your rules that you can sheet a headsail to the end of the boom subject to "E" dim. plus 6 inches. this can be a great help depending on your part. design of sail configuration. You would just need to go out and try diff. settings and see what works for your part. boat.
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