Whisker Pole
Received the invoice copy
from Mike: The work was done by Jeff at Morgan Marine Services, 229 Fishtown Rd, Mystic, CT
06355 PH 860-514-2467.
For Mike's boat Seychelle.
Provide and install
spinnaker pole, Pole lift, downhaul, inboard adjustment track, and verticle storage gear.
The material list showed:
Forestar 3" spinaker pole
$600
Heavy duty
mast car
260.
Vertical storage
car
250
Mast
chock
58
12 ft of 1 1/4
track
145
then a bunch of fixed blocks,cheek
blocks,swivel blocks,cam
cleats, line, machine screws, etc
The total material list was
$1934. The bill said "provide and Install" so he must have included
the labor with each piece part. I do not know if it included labor.
This is a full spinnaker
pole setup. I am just looking for a whisker pole set up and have changed my mind
re the mast track etc since we will never go for a spinnaker. Maybe an asymetrical at some point, and that doesn't need the mast
track, uphaul, downhaul, moveable inboard pole end
adjustment up and down, etc. Just a pole with a ring on the
mast and two chocks on the deck to secure the pole.
Good luck. Call Jeff Morgan,
I spoke to him and he was very nice. Have a local rigger give you some pricing.
BTW look at defender.com, Forespar 407100 adjustable to 17 ft.@
about $400..
It might be enough for us in
light air. Checking with Skelley/Ullman
who made our genoa.
Also, the Forespar 401106 18’ whisker pole, about $547 at Defender.
Irv Grunes
Paul: Although the 10-18 pole is long enough to use with the C-320 with a 135% genoa (According to PHRF, a whisker pole can't be any
longer than 12' 4" (the J dimension of our boats), the
12-22 is stronger and will probably give you a better service life.
When I installed the track
on the Alchemist, I only used a 1 1/4" x 4' track, used flat head machine
screws for the center holes and used hex
head bolts for the top and bottom. AS I recall, the bolts
/ machine screws were 5/16" x 1 (or 3/4). To guarantee that everything
lined up,
I only drilled and tapped the
top hole. Once I had done that, I installed the track and used it as a template
to drill and tap the
bottom hole. Once that bolt was installed, the remainder of
the holes were dead easy to get perfectly alligned. with my tightly bolted
on
template.
Steve
Alchemist #909
Paul:
I had mounted the track
using 1/4 flat head SS screws on Proud Mary. I installed the track with the
bottom about even with the life lines, as
you will never set it lower that. As it worked out, I
have never set it that low when sailing. I am thinking I used a 8' length of track. You
want the top of the track high enough so that you can
store the pole completely up against the mast without the outboard end touching
the
deck.
The 12-22 is over kill for
the C-320. I use a 10 - 18 on a 155
measurement perpendicular to the luff
of the sail, so the distance away from the mast will be less than this
distance.
Dave Gleason
Proud Mary, #155
> Allan is checking his
mast track location for me, but I thought you might remember what track length
you installed and how far off the cabin
top
? How did you mount track to the mast ? Rivets
or screws or ? What pole for a 135
>
> Paul Weikel
> Second Chance
>
>
will come with a bit of experience that I hope to get
over the next 18 days! -
> Allan
>
> Hi Allan,
> Do you normally set the
whisker pole by yourself?
> Rod
>
> Hi Paul - The pole
mount was installed by a rigger as I was recovering from disk fusion surgery at
the time. So I don't know exactly how he installed but I am sending the parts list
under a separate e-mail to you. I think that a 12-22 pole
might be too much for a 135; I have a 155 genoa.
>
> Allan,
> Several weeks back
there was a thread going on the whisker pole for the C320. I must have deleted
your email, so I apologize if I am repeating what has already been discussed.
>
> Pole size is 12-22
Correct for a 135
> What length of track
did you install on the mast ?
> How far off the cabin
top or from the mast base is the lower end of the track ?
> How did you attach
track to the mast ? rivots, screws, etc. ????
> I don't want to fray
any of the lines.
Paul Weikel
Ø
Second
Chance #361
Received
this from Allen Field.
12’ 1.25” T-track (339003)
T-125 Pole Car (334002)
DC-2 Pole Chuck (300002)
Vert Storage Car (335700)
Socket end (304080)
Harken 092
Harken 082
40’ 5/16” StaSet
2 SS eyes
Nylon Cleat
Note its
for a spinnaker pole track and fittings that attach to the mast. Its for a spinnaker pole, because I recognise
the "socket end" is for the
inboard end of the spinnaker pole and I suspect that the
"T-125" is for the outboard pole end. The staset
is probably for the pole uphaul and it other parts. I
have not been to my office to get the LaChance info
yet. It appears that the cost of a whisker pole set up for the mast track only
would be between this and $1000.
Irv Grunes
Irv - Attached is a parts list for installing the pole
on the mast. I had a pro do this as I was coming off back surgery. The pole we
have is a
Forespar LC 12-22. Hope this helps! –
Allan Field