Using a whisker pole

Doug Oliver · Post by **Doug Oliver** » Sep 13th, '10, 19:08

The CD33 I bought last fall came with a forespar whisker pole and I have used it a lot this summer but I'm not sure I am using it correctly. The problem I seem to have quite often is the pole sliding down the line in light air or inconsistant air during the lulls. Is there some trick that I'm missing?

JWSutcliffe · Post by **JWSutcliffe** » Sep 13th, '10, 21:24

Use a topping lift to keep the pole up in place and prevent it sliding back to the shrouds. On my 31 its easy - I just swap the staysail boom topping lift to the whisker pole. On a 33 you would need to rig a separate topping lift.

Kevin Kaldenbach · Post by **Kevin Kaldenbach** » Sep 14th, '10, 07:31

Run the lazy sheet over the pole to keep it next to the clew

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Using a whisker pole

Using a whisker pole

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