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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2><B>-----Original Message-----</B><BR><B>From:
</B>Ben Sanders <<A
href="mailto:benj9@hit.net";>benj9@hit.net</A>><BR><B>To: </B><A
href="mailto:sj21@listbot.com";>sj21@listbot.com</A> <<A
href="mailto:sj21@listbot.com";>sj21@listbot.com</A>><BR><B>Date: </B>Tuesday,
February 09, 1999 1:52 PM<BR><B>Subject: </B>Forward of two
messages<BR><BR></DIV></FONT>Sj 21 & Inland Northwest Sailing - <A
href="http://www2.thefuture.net/vandusen";>http://www2.thefuture.net/vandusen</A>
<DIV><FONT color=#000000 size=2>Bill or Nollin .... A pole length of
8'4" is just about perfect. Some might favor a few more inches so that they
can really move the pole well forward as the wind moves forward of directly aft.
Personally I always feel my boat is going better if I remove the pole when the
wind gets within 15 degrees of a beam reach. Be careful with the small
diameter poles that a usually found on boats this size. They will fold up
quickly with the Genoa and winds above 12mph. In spite of all the scare stories
and <EM><U>BS </U></EM>articles the spinnaker on our boat is a "pussy
cat" in 12mph and under... even with a crew of two! I'm are <U>really
</U>old and we have no problem with the spinnaker. Its a myth that it is an
uncontrollable beast waiting to do you in!
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<DIV><FONT size=2>We have used the heavier spinnaker pole with the working jib
when it is "blowing dogs off chains" with good success.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT size=2>Ben, Salty Dawg 429</FONT></FONT></DIV></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT color=#000000 size=2>PS . Was it one of you who asked the
height of the mast eye? 42 inches above the deck measured on the forward
edge of the mast. It is a good average height ... it is not set in stone! Some
folks even place the eye on a track for moving its location. Mine all have been
42 to 44 inches.
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