[Public-List] Spinnaker Pole

[Gordon Laco]

Hello Jeff - 

A modern cord like dyneema would take quite a lot more abuse from coming up
through the holes that the old wire did - I'd just reeve it through the
holes.  Common industry practice is the tie a bowline in the cord then slide
a tube of heat shrink tape over the knot to hold it firmly in place.

The loop method you describe would work too - you'd just have to put an eye
strap into the wood to hold the loops from coming off the ends.  If you're
more comfortable with that there's nothing wrong with doing it.

Gord #426 Surprise


On 15/08/11 9:27 AM, "Jeffrey" <fongemie at gmail.com> wrote:

> I'm finally getting around to fixing up my spinnaker pole, which I think is
> original to the boat. Thick aluminum tube, teak ends with bronze hardware.
> I'm in the middle of painting the pole now.
> 
> This came to me with swaged wire that was very worn. I've cut it off, and
> would like to replace it with some sort of hi-tech fiber cord.  The original
> wire was passed through holes near the ends but it would seem that passing
> some cord through these holes would wear through in short order. The only
> solution I'm coming up with is to tie the cord to the ends using a loop that
> fits over the bronze fitting, but not large enough to fit over the tube. It
> would stop at the taper before the aluminum starts.
> 
> Anyone go thorough this already, and have a better solution?
> 
> -jeff



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