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I'd like to get a whisker pole for our Pearson 26. There's a track and car for one on the mast. I'm assuming this is for a spinnaker pole and/or whisper pole. Can they be one and the same thing? I've done some poking around online, but I don't know enough to know what to get, and I KNOW I'm hoping not spend upwards of $600 or more (much more) on some of the Forespar offerings I've seen. Can anyone recommend something that'll get us started?
The car on the mast track has a fixed ring. The foot of our working jib is 12' 4", IIRC. Would something like this do the trick?
FORESPAR Twist Lock Telescoping Whisker Pole , Adjustable 6'-12' Latch Spike, 134"L | West Marine
EDIT: Ok, I just saw that the Sailnet store offers this pole, too, but includes more info than on the WestMarine site; it clearly states that this pole is meant for 16' or smaller boats, or up to a 22' max in light winds only. So much for that pipe dream..
Looks like this would be the one..
http://shop.sailnet.com/forespar-wh...outboard-complete-pole-foot-boat-p-28417.html
but sheesh.. is that really the price of admission? Anyone have anything used in good shape they'd like to sell? Is there a workable, yet safe and fairly effective, "Rube Goldberg" way of using something other than a kilobuck piece of equipment to get our feet wet?
We do have a spinnaker in fair shape (meaning, less than "good" but probably usable to learn on). Same basic questions... what do we need in terms of a pole?
We've found that our learning process seems to be working...
1. Read a lot and ask questions. Understand only a portion of what we read.
2. Go sailing. This helps us understand what we've read and, conversely, what we've read helps us understand what we're experiencing aboard. Answers we've received now make perfect sense, usually.
3. Come home with more questions raised by the last sailing trip. Repeat cycle.
This is working great for learning how to sail, but in terms of buying equipment it's been kind of inefficient. Sometimes we get lucky and and the hardware we've bought works exactly as we had envisioned. More than 1/2 the time, however, once we put it into use, THEN we discover and see exactly what we SHOULD have purchased.
That last paragraph is why I'm asking for help with this whisker/spinnaker pole thing. I just don't know what I need.. only that it's almost impossible to keep the jib even remotely full on broad reaches approaching direct downwind. Any help, links, offers to sell appropriate equipment... always appreciated.
Thanks again,
Barry
I'd like to get a whisker pole for our Pearson 26. There's a track and car for one on the mast. I'm assuming this is for a spinnaker pole and/or whisper pole. Can they be one and the same thing? I've done some poking around online, but I don't know enough to know what to get, and I KNOW I'm hoping not spend upwards of $600 or more (much more) on some of the Forespar offerings I've seen. Can anyone recommend something that'll get us started?
The car on the mast track has a fixed ring. The foot of our working jib is 12' 4", IIRC. Would something like this do the trick?
FORESPAR Twist Lock Telescoping Whisker Pole , Adjustable 6'-12' Latch Spike, 134"L | West Marine
EDIT: Ok, I just saw that the Sailnet store offers this pole, too, but includes more info than on the WestMarine site; it clearly states that this pole is meant for 16' or smaller boats, or up to a 22' max in light winds only. So much for that pipe dream..
Looks like this would be the one..
http://shop.sailnet.com/forespar-wh...outboard-complete-pole-foot-boat-p-28417.html
but sheesh.. is that really the price of admission? Anyone have anything used in good shape they'd like to sell? Is there a workable, yet safe and fairly effective, "Rube Goldberg" way of using something other than a kilobuck piece of equipment to get our feet wet?
We do have a spinnaker in fair shape (meaning, less than "good" but probably usable to learn on). Same basic questions... what do we need in terms of a pole?
We've found that our learning process seems to be working...
1. Read a lot and ask questions. Understand only a portion of what we read.
2. Go sailing. This helps us understand what we've read and, conversely, what we've read helps us understand what we're experiencing aboard. Answers we've received now make perfect sense, usually.
3. Come home with more questions raised by the last sailing trip. Repeat cycle.
This is working great for learning how to sail, but in terms of buying equipment it's been kind of inefficient. Sometimes we get lucky and and the hardware we've bought works exactly as we had envisioned. More than 1/2 the time, however, once we put it into use, THEN we discover and see exactly what we SHOULD have purchased.
That last paragraph is why I'm asking for help with this whisker/spinnaker pole thing. I just don't know what I need.. only that it's almost impossible to keep the jib even remotely full on broad reaches approaching direct downwind. Any help, links, offers to sell appropriate equipment... always appreciated.
Thanks again,
Barry