[C320-list] Mast mounted Whisker Pole Questions...

[Allan S. Field]

Jeff - I am heading down tomorrow and will take a pix of the lower chock and
control lines and how those lines are rigged.  I believe that there is a
spacer there as the pole is the same distance from the mast all the way
down.  I also will measure the track.  I have never heard a sound from the
pole; it is mounted tight, so tight, in fact, that getting the working end
off the bottom chock often is a struggle.  The track control lines (one to
go up, the other to go down) however do slap; I use Velcro ties to snug them
against the pole plus tie the top of the sail cover around the line.  As you
note, there is no way to club a poor, unsuspecting fish once this is
installed. - Allan

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[mailto:c320-list-bounces at lists.catalina320.com] On Behalf Of Jeff Hare
Sent: Friday, May 13, 2011 4:56 PM
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Subject: [C320-list] Mast mounted Whisker Pole Questions...

Hello.

 

I assume some of you have installed the long T-Track and have your whisker
pole mounted for storage on the mast.

 

Allan Field was kind enough to send me a parts list to get me going.
Here's what I have.   

.         LC10-18 whisker pole  (I got the UXP version)

.         10' of T-Track  (wish I had shopped around more and found clear
anodized track instead of black)

.         FC-125 Mast Car for the inboard end of the pole to clip into

.         VPC-125 (250) vertical storage car to hold it still when stored.

.         Deck Chock to clip the outboard end into during storage.

 

I'm pretty sure I want all this mounted to the mast so that I don't have any
holes drilled through the deck.   I went with mast mounting so that I have
less chance of dropping the pole overboard.  J  I'm really good at those
sorts of things.  The fish know to look up whenever I'm around.

 

Here are things I'm concerned about:

 

1)      What length of track did you actually use for the vertical storage
configuration?  

 

2)      Will one VPC mast storage car really keep it from rattling around in
a rolling anchorage or do I need something else?   

 

3)      Looking at the FC-125, when the pole is stored the top of the pole
will be held out about 4-1/4" from the mast.  But the Deck Chock if mounted
directly to the mast will hold the bottom of the pole out only about 3-1/4".
Looks like I'll need to mount the Deck Chock on a spacer if I want the pole
to be parallel to the mast when stored.  Seems like it might look funny
otherwise?

 

4)      What sort of rigging and line controls have people used (if any) for
handling the raising/lowering of the cars?

 

Can you hear the "newbie" written all over this email?

 

Thanks!

-Jeff