The other option, rather than raising the pole uphaul position on the mast is to have the attachment point on the end of the pole being a piece of rope that passes through a block, the line then has a knot part way down and then attached to some elastic. This will mean that the pole is raised when stowed, but the uphaul will extend when the pole is launched. The other thing to note with the longer poles is that the force required to launch it on a tighter reach means that you will need to have the downhaul adjustable, so that you can let it off to launch it, but then pull it on once launched to bring the spinnaker to the end of the pole.
Posted: 16/07/2017 20:14:21 By: Stuart Bates MR3615 |