Hi all,
Once again, I have a question that is probably on a forum somewhere but I can't find it.
Has anyone had trouble with the little halfway shrouds (my technical term) that come forward of the mast in regards to the angles you can use the spinnaker pole. I haven't used the spinnaker yet (still waiting to find friends with experience in that area), but I've raised the pole up with the topping lift, and it seems like I can't get the pole positioned beyond 60 degrees from the bow before it hits the forward shroud. I would imagine that this would make going within 30 degrees of downwind difficult including gybes.
If anyone has suggestions, or experience like "You don't need a pole when you're within 30 degrees of downwind." please let me know.
Thanks,
Dean
The photos would illustrate better if I was on top of the mast looking down. But in the second photo, I would think the pole should be hitting the boat next to me instead of pointing forward 30 degrees.
Once again, I have a question that is probably on a forum somewhere but I can't find it.
Has anyone had trouble with the little halfway shrouds (my technical term) that come forward of the mast in regards to the angles you can use the spinnaker pole. I haven't used the spinnaker yet (still waiting to find friends with experience in that area), but I've raised the pole up with the topping lift, and it seems like I can't get the pole positioned beyond 60 degrees from the bow before it hits the forward shroud. I would imagine that this would make going within 30 degrees of downwind difficult including gybes.
If anyone has suggestions, or experience like "You don't need a pole when you're within 30 degrees of downwind." please let me know.
Thanks,
Dean
The photos would illustrate better if I was on top of the mast looking down. But in the second photo, I would think the pole should be hitting the boat next to me instead of pointing forward 30 degrees.