[Public-List] Spinnaker pole

George Dinwiddie gdinwiddie at alberg30.org
Sat Jan 25 12:25:43 PST 2014


Greg,

On 1/25/14, 1:32 PM, GregR wrote:
> Hi Folks,
>
> Just stepped the mast with all new wire, winches, chainplates, etc...
> The new masthead is setup so i can run spinnaker now. So, I am in the
> market for a spinnaker pole but don't know anything about them. The
> Victory21s I race are a non-spinnaker class.
>
> Are there class rules that callout a length and if so what is it?

Yes, the handbook says, "The maximum length of spinnaker/whisker poles 
used when racing shall not exceed 10’9”, the maximum “J” dimension."

Someone else will have to say exactly how that's measured.

  - George

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