Hello All,
I would like a whisker pole for my '83 E38. I do not race so it doesn't have to be anything real fancy. Fixed or retractable, either is fine. I have a nice large padeye on the mast to hook it to. I have looked at the Forespar product but came away more confused due to the multiple offerings and ends available. Easier to ask those in the "know" what they know....
Also my boat came with a spinnaker pole, at least I think its a spinnaker pole. It has the spring loaded clips on each end, one has a control cable to allow you to remotely open it from the other end and it locks open with a trigger device on the inside of the jaw so it would close automatically if you drop it over a line. There is another long cable/wire that leads from the remotely controlled end to the other end and this then has a bungee cord that enters through a block in the pole. The result is the cable is tensioned but allowed to extend out and away from the pole as needed. Maybe this things a whisker pole? I assumed that the cable/wire was there to support it with the spinnaker topping lift? I don't know exactly how all this works so clue me in please. Oh yeah, this pole is about 16ft long made of aluminum.
I've done the search but that didn't get specific enough. Thanks, RT
I would like a whisker pole for my '83 E38. I do not race so it doesn't have to be anything real fancy. Fixed or retractable, either is fine. I have a nice large padeye on the mast to hook it to. I have looked at the Forespar product but came away more confused due to the multiple offerings and ends available. Easier to ask those in the "know" what they know....
Also my boat came with a spinnaker pole, at least I think its a spinnaker pole. It has the spring loaded clips on each end, one has a control cable to allow you to remotely open it from the other end and it locks open with a trigger device on the inside of the jaw so it would close automatically if you drop it over a line. There is another long cable/wire that leads from the remotely controlled end to the other end and this then has a bungee cord that enters through a block in the pole. The result is the cable is tensioned but allowed to extend out and away from the pole as needed. Maybe this things a whisker pole? I assumed that the cable/wire was there to support it with the spinnaker topping lift? I don't know exactly how all this works so clue me in please. Oh yeah, this pole is about 16ft long made of aluminum.
I've done the search but that didn't get specific enough. Thanks, RT