Thinking about whisker pole procedures, prompted by this recent thread, I discovered I had a rough cut sequence of an offshore singlehanded jibe I hadn't published. It does illustrate some of what we were talking about.
In the middle of the sequence, I seem to have let the pole tilt down at about 2:10. That's not good, it ought always to hang parallel to the water since the only real danger in the procedure is letting the end of the pole touch the sea rushing past, which would break it in half quickly. At 3:20 is the J-jibe discussed before. At about 5:10, I'm rigging a foreguy out of the lazy genoa sheet. My genoa sheet isn't long enough for that, I have to add a piece of light line to the end.
In the middle of the sequence, I seem to have let the pole tilt down at about 2:10. That's not good, it ought always to hang parallel to the water since the only real danger in the procedure is letting the end of the pole touch the sea rushing past, which would break it in half quickly. At 3:20 is the J-jibe discussed before. At about 5:10, I'm rigging a foreguy out of the lazy genoa sheet. My genoa sheet isn't long enough for that, I have to add a piece of light line to the end.
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