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Douglas
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Initially Posted - 05/25/2002 : 15:20:44

1) Well actualy 8'3". Will it fit on the bow or won't it? Presently I pull it behind the boat but Im thinking of the few times I may want to put it on deck. No no wise cracks about davits off of the stern.
2) Wisker pole. How long does it need to be and adjustable or not?

Oh by the way if anyone going to the San Juans this summer is planing on purchasing a Walker Bay the cheapest thing to do is wait untill your in Friday Harbor and buy it there. It was the cheapes price I had found them for. I think it was 375$ for the 8'. Marine store half way up the main street on the right. Upstairs above the souvenir shop.

Doug&Ruth
Wind Lass
Tacoma Wa.

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Gary B.
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Response Posted - 05/26/2002 : 09:33:10

Douglas: I'd get an adjustable whisker pole that is capable of extending out to 12-13' if you have a 150 jenny. I never use mine, at least so far, with my asymetrical spinnaker, but it can be good with a dacron sail, especially in lighter air. Adjustable is how I see most of them; best because of storage. Mine lives under the cockpit floor when not in use, but I carried one on deck in "clips" on the stanchions on my old Tartan 30.

I don't have a Walker Bay, but you have 9.5' or so from stemhead to mast. It would probably fit, but it would be real fun getting it onboard and lashed down. Very little room to work around it, I'm thinking. I think there are very few times you'd need to do this trick in the San Juans, except maybe crossing the Straits. Keep a sharp knife close by to cut her loose if in trouble...If it was so rough you didn't want to tow it, it might cause lots of problems on deck as well, and it would be nearly impossible to unload it in bad conditions. I tow a Boston Whaler Squall (9' sailing dink). It's unsinkable, so I like it towed cuz it doubles as a life raft! It's FAR too heavy to get on board even if I had a large boat. When are you going? My ETA for Anacortes splash is soon after my daughter's graduation on June 13. I'll be somewhere up there roaming around until early July. Friday Harbor is fun on the Fourth...then it gets more crowded and I'll probably head home.

Gary on Encore! #685 SK/SR in Kalama, WA
and Suede Shoes #496 SK/SR (for sail!)

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Bill Holcomb
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Response Posted - 05/26/2002 : 10:40:03

Hi Doug,

Class rules allow for a whisker pole up to 16' 3.25" long. So, I've got an extendable pole that I can extend out as far as 16'. It's an older spring loaded button style that extends in about 1' sections from 9' to 16'.

As for the dinghy........I have a Fatty Knees 9' dinghy and she fits on the foredeck - upside down. The forestay gets in the way a bit this way, and is impossible if I tried right side up. The whisker pole at 9' and the boom vang tackle worked nicely to load and unload from the dock.

Bill Holcomb - C25 Snickerdoodle #4839

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Douglas
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Response Posted - 05/26/2002 : 12:20:36

Ill be in the islands at the end of July for two weeks. I plan on towing the Walker Bay as before. I was just wondering if she would fit on the bow at the slip when Im not at the boat. Bill I can't picture the whisker pole boom vang set up do you have any pics. Since Wind Lass is set up with all rope halyards and rigged for spinnaker I have no shortage of lifting devices. I have a Forespar spinnaker pole I could use. I don't have a spinnaker though. Perhaps some day Ill get one.
I went the Admiralty inlet route to the islands last year and on the way back it was realy bad. We had come south through the Port Townsend cannal into Oak Bay. Wind against tide with high wind and we took the worst pounding I have ever had. This year its up through the Swinomish channel to Anachortes then a streight shot into the islands.

Doug&Ruth
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Tacoma Wa.

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Bill Holcomb
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Response Posted - 05/27/2002 : 09:21:34

Hi Doug,

Here's how I've rigged a derrick from whisker pole and boom vang. 1. Attach one end of the whisker pole to the ring on the mast (I've got a heavy duty ring that is adjustable on a 4' length of 1" T-track on the mast).
2. Attach the jib halyard to the other end of the pole.
3. I have snap shackles on both ends of the boom vang 4X1 block 'n tackle. So, shackle one end of the boom vang tackle to the same end of the whisker pole as the halyard is attached.
4. Using a three-leg lifting harness made of 1/4" line, I clip the 'biners (on the ends of each leg) to the three eyes on the dinghy and then shackle the other end of the boom vang tackle to the lifting eye on the harness.
5. At this point, you can use the jib halyard to position the boom vang tackle vertically above the dinghy, and hoist away until the dinghy will clear the lifelines and bow pulpit.
6. Swing the whisker pole and dinghy over the foredeck and lower away.

Bill Holcomb - C25 Snickerdoodle #4839

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Douglas
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Response Posted - 05/27/2002 : 11:00:34

Thanks Bill. I get the idea now. Hey heres a new one for you. I went to West Marine yesterday to get a wisker pole. They wanted 100$ for a 6'/12' pole. While in the store I also looked at the extendable boat hooks (same extendable pole). Well I ended up with a 5'/10'/15' boat hook pole for 33$ and bought a wisker pole end for it. It works great.

Doug&Ruth
Wind Lass
Tacoma Wa.

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