mherrcat
Contributing Partner
What are proper steps in setting and then striking the whisker pole?
Today I was surrounded by five boats sailing wing-and-wing so, not wanting to let the "pros" show me up, I used my whisker pole for the first time. I managed to get it set and subsequently struck but am not sure if I did it according to Hoyle, so to speak, so I would like to know the correct step by step procedure.
One thing in particular that I was wondering about are the genoa blocks. Usually my jib sheets run through the blocks on the inner track, so I left them that way when I set the pole. This caused the line to lay across the lifeline. It wasn't a big problem for the time that it was in use, but I'm thinking that I should have led the line to the block on the outer track.
Any advice appreciated!
Today I was surrounded by five boats sailing wing-and-wing so, not wanting to let the "pros" show me up, I used my whisker pole for the first time. I managed to get it set and subsequently struck but am not sure if I did it according to Hoyle, so to speak, so I would like to know the correct step by step procedure.
One thing in particular that I was wondering about are the genoa blocks. Usually my jib sheets run through the blocks on the inner track, so I left them that way when I set the pole. This caused the line to lay across the lifeline. It wasn't a big problem for the time that it was in use, but I'm thinking that I should have led the line to the block on the outer track.
Any advice appreciated!