The spinnaker pole is fine but when l try to pole out the reacher it is way too short. Also, when twin headsails are in use one would need another pole anyway, so l decided to make an adjustable whisker pole. I sourced alum poles either 50 os 60mm outside diameter but..
How should l go from here? Where could l source a plastic middle part and bushes for adjustments. Turn type locking like the extendable boat hook? Sliders with cleats?
Any idea would be appreciated!
Hi SG,
Don't know about the sleeve or bushes, but Forespars are ok for bits and pieces.
Just as a reference for pricing , have a look at this ready made one
www.deckhardware.com.au/Forespar-Pole-Adjustable-HD-6-12-DL
Cheers,
SB
Sorry for the newbie q. Could you please send pic i have what I thought was 2 spinnaker poles but when I try to rig spinnaker I found pole was to long?? Vary interested to see other setups 
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Sorry for the newbie q. Could you please send pic i have what I thought was 2 spinnaker poles but when I try to rig spinnaker I found pole was to long?? Vary interested to see other setups
Could one of yours be a jockey pole?
Thanks Shaggy but l found out about Forespars already. Try making it cheaper, longer.
Do you know how long your spinnaker pole is? Aluminium?
Going through a similar process.
New Sails on order and we don't have an existing spinnaker/whisker pole. I think our pole should really be about 5m long to pole out the headsail (J=4.3, lp=130).
Maybe using bushes like this, could use 80mm and 70mm poles, but the bushes are expensive.http://www.bearingshop.com.au/store/item/bp069850746105080px/
I was then thinking of just using a pin and r-clip or something like this to lock the extension.
We do have a track on the mast for vertical pole stowage, so will likely end up not bothering with an extension pole and just get a car suitable for vertical stowage of single length pole. Expensive, but much easier.
I recently made a new whisker pole as the one we had been using was too short and the end fittings were not sturdy enough.
The starting point was to find some good automatic pole ends for a reasonable price.
These came from Nautos USA and fit inside a 2" tube. Landed, they were about $100 each but are beautifully engineered.
The next challenge was to find 2" tube or face getting them turned down to fit 50mm tube. Luckily, Laser top mast sections are 2" diameter and sacrificing two made it easy to make up the 4.1m length required.
Now, how to join them? Finding an old windsurfer mast, we slid the 2" tube over the tapered fibreglass mast until a snug fit was reached. That 500mm section was cut and used as an internal sleeve. Epoxy, rivets, tape over the join and bingo! A new whisker pole for $200.
