This was my bible when I raced Jib and Main. http://www.capecoralsailingclub.org/wing-it.pdf. Check your local PHRF rules for use of whisker pole, e.g. in my area it is not illegal to fly on same side as main.
Note the advice on reaching with a whisker pole. In light air you will still need to sail higher and with the right length pole you can wing it to 90 degrees. If you sail courses with reaches this is a killer. I had the Forespar 12-22 for my Catalina 30 no complaints but expensive. It was a bit oversized for the boat but I never regretted it. I now have a selden bowsprit and it has been good to me. Eric 34/36 On Tue, Mar 17, 2015 at 6:45 PM, D.J. Platt via CnC-List < cnc-list@cnc-list.com> wrote: > With a slightly longer pole and a means of keeping some tension on the > jib leach you can reach at fairly deep angles downwind with a pole. It is > sometimes the fastest option in lighter air. Won a 12 miler doing just > that last year. > > Cheers > > david > Wanderer C&C 32 > > *From:* Ronald B. Frerker via CnC-List <cnc-list@cnc-list.com> > *Sent:* Monday, March 16, 2015 12:46 PM > *To:* Jean-Francois J Rivard <jfriv...@us.ibm.com> ; cnc-list@cnc-list.com > *Subject:* Re: Stus-List Whisker Pole > > With chutes the general rule is to reach up in the lighter winds and > sail more DDW in the stronger winds. > It would seem that would also work for JAM racing. > Does anyone have a polar diagram for their boat to compare boat speed in > the 5-7 range to see the speed difference between DDW and reaching with > apparent wind at the beam? From the angle and boat speed for both > positions, we could calculate how much extra distance sailed vs speed. > Ron > Wild Cheri > C&C 30-1 > STL > > > ------------------------------ > > > I stronger winds I've had some success jibing and broad reaching vs > the whisker pole guys running straight down. But yesterday (3-7 knots true) > I could not make it work. I'm told a shallower reach / more frequent > jibes could have made a difference.. But that seems counter intuitive from > a VMG standpoint.. > > > ------------------------------ > > _______________________________________________ > > Email address: > CnC-List@cnc-list.com > To change your list preferences, including unsubscribing -- go to the > bottom of page at: > http://cnc-list.com/mailman/listinfo/cnc-list_cnc-list.com > > > _______________________________________________ > > Email address: > CnC-List@cnc-list.com > To change your list preferences, including unsubscribing -- go to the > bottom of page at: > http://cnc-list.com/mailman/listinfo/cnc-list_cnc-list.com > > >
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