Asymmetrical Spinnaker

[Highlander]

Hi Tom
Thats the one I modified , but the end tube section is not strong enough to use on a genny I bent & snapped mine about 18" from the end using it on my genny , so now that I fixed it I use it for my Jib & now use the Forspar on my Genny

J

[mastreb]

. . . that would be from about 9.7 feet to 14.75'.

Sounds like this boat hook (almost) fits the bill, as raw material at least. Though I don't know how good it would be in compression, as far as the twist-locks go.

http://www.westmarine.com/buy/west-mari ... k--7784267

Aha! That sir, is my magical boat hook!

I can confirm that it works quite well as a whisker pole. You just need to carve down the rubber ball tip at the end just enough to snub it through the clew of the genoa (but not so much that it easily comes out) with your rigging knife, and then I've tie-strapped a bit of 1/4 inch line to the handle which you will soft shackle to the mast. I usually just tied it off to the base, but you might be able to use the mast raising hound. If you give a good hard twist to the locks they work just fine in compression.

I love that hook. I've had mine for three years now and we use it to:

:: manage the boat while coming off the railer (by hooking the bow D-Ring and pushing against the pulling dockline, I can walk the boat perfectly onto the trailer from the dock in any current or wind. I've removed (well, an accidental hit removed) my port trailer guide-on so this works very well.

:: As a whisker pole

:: To grab cleats and pull the stern in while docking.

:: To catch, wrap, and pull out kelp (mostly on the bigger boat where we can't just raise everything)

:: For fetching all manner of overboard hats

:: To shove off of other wayward boats in strange docking situations

:: as an emergency fathometer

And it floats!

[Tomfoolery]

. . . that would be from about 9.7 feet to 14.75'.

Sounds like this boat hook (almost) fits the bill, as raw material at least. Though I don't know how good it would be in compression, as far as the twist-locks go.

http://www.westmarine.com/buy/west-mari ... k--7784267

Aha! That sir, is my magical boat hook!

I examined one while I was in WM on Sunday, and it definitely was of heavier construction than the others there. I may get it just to try, as I could use a better boat hook anyway. Thanks for confirming it.

[Tomfoolery]

. . . that would be from about 9.7 feet to 14.75'.

Sounds like this boat hook (almost) fits the bill, as raw material at least. Though I don't know how good it would be in compression, as far as the twist-locks go.

http://www.westmarine.com/buy/west-mari ... k--7784267

Aha! That sir, is my magical boat hook!

I can confirm that it works quite well as a whisker pole. You just need to carve down the rubber ball tip at the end just enough to snub it through the clew of the genoa (but not so much that it easily comes out) with your rigging knife, and then I've tie-strapped a bit of 1/4 inch line to the handle which you will soft shackle to the mast. I usually just tied it off to the base, but you might be able to use the mast raising hound. If you give a good hard twist to the locks they work just fine in compression.

I love that hook. I've had mine for three years now and we use it to:

:: manage the boat while coming off the trailer (by hooking the bow D-Ring and pushing against the pulling dockline, I can walk the boat perfectly onto the trailer from the dock in any current or wind. I've removed (well, an accidental hit removed) my port trailer guide-on so this works very well.

:: As a whisker pole

:: To grab cleats and pull the stern in while docking.

:: To catch, wrap, and pull out kelp (mostly on the bigger boat where we can't just raise everything)

:: For fetching all manner of overboard hats

:: To shove off of other wayward boats in strange docking situations

:: as an emergency fathometer

And it floats!

If anyone is interested, I just got a sales flyer from West Marine when I was picking up my new backstay Johnson lever, and all West Marine brand boat hooks will be 30% off starting March 19, ending March 29. It's $82.99 normally, and should be on sale for $58.09. That's pretty cheap for a 14' telescopic aluminium whisker pole that floats, and doubles as a boat hook.

[Highlander]

Here,s the link to the boat hook to whisker pole mod i used a s/s snap instead of the plastic one used in the mod & tapped the snap & used s/s machine screws instead of self tapping I also used a short paint roller for a L-shaped hook instead of the spike end .
http://www.macgregorsailors.com/modt/index.php?view=436

hope this helps some of u out easy mod I copied it myself but used a diff snap

J

[Highlander]

Here,s my Boat Hook Mod that I copied from the posted mod with some up-grades
http://i844.photobucket.com/albums/ab1/ ... swukbl.jpg

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http://i844.photobucket.com/albums/ab1/ ... 7oy9cp.jpg

http://i844.photobucket.com/albums/ab1/ ... 8hkmzw.jpg

http://i844.photobucket.com/albums/ab1/ ... tauzqm.jpg

J

[Tomfoolery]

John

Where'd you get the hook for the mast ring? That's a pretty neat mod. I just bought the heavy-duty WM boat hook (30% off sale for another week or so), which extends to 14 ft. I'm going to leave the working end unchanged, and just stab it through the loop in the sheet. Basically the same way I used my (real) whisker pole in the past, just without the latching hook at the sail end.

For light wind days with crew, I'd continue to use my spinnaker. But when I just want to sail wing-on-wing for shorter duration, even single-handing, a whisker pole is nice to have, as that head sail doesn't like to stay filled without it.

[Highlander]

Tom

Got the Mast hook end @ W/M
http://www.westmarine.com/buy/forespar- ... 63_004_513

This link looks like it shows the plastic hook end not sure, mine has the metal one but I,ve seen them @ most marine stores that carry sail boat rigging

Page #53 in this cat. link
http://www.rwo-marine.com/RWOCatalogue.pdf

J