[C320-list] Whisker pole attachment?

[Steve Weinstein]

 One quick thought -- check the yacht racing rules and your local rules committee.  If I remember correctly, a whisker or spinnaker pole must be attached to the mast.  The attachment point can be either fixed or adjustable, but it must be on the mast.
Steve WeinsteinVega #722

    On Wednesday, July 26, 2023 at 07:48:38 AM EDT, wdoc1--- via C320-list <c320-list at lists.catalina320.com> wrote:  
 
  Thanks Rich!Pole is 11' retracted-18' extended. I think if I move the genoa sheet car forward that should prevent it from 'skying.'Trial run tonight.
    On Tuesday, July 25, 2023, 12:30:26 PM EDT, Rich Allen via C320-list <c320-list at lists.catalina320.com> wrote:  
 
 Hi Bill,
Couple of thoughts.  If you connect the pole on the deck or other similar
low point, the pole will be pointing up along similar load-lines as the
sheets and with nothing to pull down the pole may head for the sky under
load.  And second, can your pole be adjusted short enough?
Rich Allen, Destiny, #265

On Tue, Jul 25, 2023 at 11:59 AM wdoc1--- via C320-list <
c320-list at lists.catalina320.com> wrote:

> C320 Shipmates-
> Because the forward shrouds interfere, I'm considering attaching the
> whisker pole to the rail rather than the mast ring for downwind legs of our
> Wed. nite races. I have two heavy stainless pad eyes and think they can be
> thru-bolted to the bulwarks facing outboard.
> Any thoughts, suggestions or concerns?
> Bill McCDIVERSION, #714
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