Why is my SHE 32 Spinnaker pole so small !

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Hi,
When I purchased my SHE 32C it came with a very small spinnaker pole - only 6 foot in length with a very weird attachment on one end. There is no obvious mean to attach it to the mast which has all the normal Spinnaker fittings I would expect (and yes I do know how to use one !). I would expect my 32ft boat (similar to a Contessa 32) would need at least a 10-12 ft pole.

I would put this question down to my own stupidity but I bumped into another SHE 32C owner on the Caledonian camel this year and he said he found exactly the same short pole on his boat ! He equally could not figure out how it could be used.

Any ideas ?? I’ve ruled out bowsprit as there is no obvious means of fitting and all the fittings are original.

Hopefully the attached photos will help.

Cheers, Andrew
 
eebygum said:
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Hi,
When I purchased my SHE 32C it came with a very small spinnaker pole - only 6 foot in length with a very weird attachment on one end. There is no obvious mean to attach it to the mast which has all the normal Spinnaker fittings I would expect (and yes I do know how to use one !). I would expect my 32ft boat (similar to a Contessa 32) would need at least a 10-12 ft pole.

I would put this question down to my own stupidity but I bumped into another SHE 32C owner on the Caledonian camel this year and he said he found exactly the same short pole on his boat ! He equally could not figure out how it could be used.

Any ideas ?? I’ve ruled out bowsprit as there is no obvious means of fitting and all the fittings are original.

Hopefully the attached photos will help.

Cheers, Andrew
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That's a reaching strut. Used when the (missing) spinnaker pole is close to the forestay and the guy is getting close to the shrouds. The 'normal' end clips to an eye on the side of the mast, and then the long finger goes over the guy as you swing the pole into contact with it, pull until it touches the shroud. We normally tied it there with a sail tie. It's job is twofold, one to keep the guy off the shroud, but two is to increase the angle that the guy makes with the spi pole and so reduce the tension and allows better and easier adjustment when the pole is near the forestay.
 
Possibly but not by me !

Fortunately some kind guy in Liverpool donated me his old pole (a massive 3.9m - I had to take it home on the roof)... I’ve not tried it yet as I tend to sail with a short crew... but maybe next year now I know I’ve got the night bits !
 
Another She32 owner, but with a "mine is bigger than yours" pole :)

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I also have a 6ft jockey pole .

(The skilful previous owner built an ingenious and frightening 3 ft bowsprit that clamps on the sharp end.. The long spi pole and bowsprit are provided with enormous sails.
 
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All you have is the jockey pole, as others describe. Often a proper spinnaker pole from an old 30-32 footer gets kept by a previous owner and redesignated as a whisker pole for the genoa of his next bigger boat.
 
sarabande said:
Another She32 owner, but with a "mine is bigger than yours" pole :)

vCZ3sfp.jpg


I also have a 6ft jockey pole .

(The skilful previous owner built an ingenious and frightening 3 ft bowsprit that clamps on the sharp end.. The long spi pole and bowsprit are provided with enormous sails.
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Nice looking SHE 32, you can checkout mine here: https://www.facebook.com/SHE32C/

From your picture I’ve got some idea where how to store my massive donated Spi pole ��

Cheers
 
anoccasionalyachtsman said:
That's a reaching strut. Used when the (missing) spinnaker pole is close to the forestay and the guy is getting close to the shrouds. The 'normal' end clips to an eye on the side of the mast, and then the long finger goes over the guy as you swing the pole into contact with it, pull until it touches the shroud. We normally tied it there with a sail tie. It's job is twofold, one to keep the guy off the shroud, but two is to increase the angle that the guy makes with the spi pole and so reduce the tension and allows better and easier adjustment when the pole is near the forestay.
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The pole in the photograph I have always known as a jockey pole and it is used to hold the spinnaker guy off the shrouds when on a close reach. It usually fitted on an eye on the mast and we used to put a sail tie around it to lash it to the shrouds.
You do not appear to have a spinnaker pole.
 
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