Using a jocky pole



9:35 PM Thu 30 Jun 2011 GMT
'Storm at sea' .
There are many reasons why a cruising boat would want to go faster than usual - to beat a storm at sea or to get somewhere before dark. How well does your boat do on a beam or a broad reach? If the answer is 'not very well', then there's a way of using spinnaker to make your boat perform better - using it like a gennaker. ...but that's where the problem can arise, solved by the jockey pole. Using the spinnaker like a gennaker means leading the spinaker pole all the way forward ...


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by Grant Headifen, Nauticed/Sail-World





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