For us, Whisker poles are not treated the same as the spinnaker pole which is true for many other regions. Again, no mention of it in the phrf docs and everybody's using whisker poles that are long enough to be effective.
Truth is: A spin pole's length is woefully inadequate as a whisker pole (I have tried it), especially with a 150 % or above genoa. Sorry you guys can't use a "real" whisker pole with enough length to fully deploy a 150, you're missin' out. -Francois 1990 34+ "Take Five" Lake Lanier, GA Message: 3 Date: Mon, 8 Aug 2016 12:44:03 +0000 From: "Hoyt, Mike" <mike.h...@impgroup.com> To: "cnc-list@cnc-list.com" <cnc-list@cnc-list.com> Subject: Re: Stus-List Finally Won a Race now reaching strut Message-ID: <169e312f80b4c044be2dc1780a7de72f15c...@hfxexc11.impgroup.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" JF - check your PHRF certificate. It specifies your spinnaker pole length. A whisker pole is in fact treated the same as a spinnaker pole and unless your Sis state differently cannot exceed spin pole length without penalty. If a pole longer than that declared is used or one that is unmeasurable (boat hook not attached) then you have violated your PHRF declaration and are subject to protest and DSQ Mike Halifax
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