Hi all

After twilighting my boat (28 footer) and being advised by another skipper that it is against the rules to hold out a head sail goose winged with a boat hook by hand I need to make a whisker pole to pole out my large genoa as i think my spinnaker pole is a bit short

Thinking of making one as I don't want to spend a lot of money to buy one and wondering how strong it needs to be

This is the boat and the sail in question

Any thoughts would be appreciated

Regards Don

Hi all

another racing question

When goose winged it appears that a crew member is not allowed to hold the headsail out with a boat hook but you can only use a spinnaker pole or whisker pole attached to the mast

Is this correct

Just wondering how many people do it knowingly or unknowingly and if so have you ever been protested after doing it

Regards Don