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Re: spinnaker pole bridles
[Re: zeppo]
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11/02/10 10:07 PM
11/02/10 10:07 PM
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Joined: May 2007
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Rhapsody #348
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Portsmouth, RI
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I found an old email about the center pick point from Clint Rand at Forte Carbon Fiber Products. Excerpts below. The center point pick is simply two D rings lashed to the center of the pole. Typical trip line layout is to have both trip lines tied together and routed through the top center point pick ring, however, we have also built poles with separate trip lines ending about 2/3 of the way down the pole - so there is overlap in the center. We are happy to do either, but if not specified the customer would get the former. We offer vectran bridles in place of the center point pick for $100 additional.
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Re: spinnaker pole bridles
[Re: zeppo]
#10451
11/03/10 07:54 AM
11/03/10 07:54 AM
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Joined: Apr 2003
Posts: 649 Marblehead, MA
dbows
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Marblehead, MA
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The D rings are lashed tightly with line. There is enough texture from the carbon layup that tightly wrapped line gets a "grip" on the pole. The lashing is probably 2" wide so it has a pretty good footprint and spreads the loads.
David Bows Mallorca - Hull# 397 ~~~~~_/)~_/)~~~~_/)~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~|~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~|~~~~~
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Re: spinnaker pole bridles
[Re: zeppo]
#10455
11/03/10 06:01 PM
11/03/10 06:01 PM
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Joined: Oct 2009
Posts: 42 Seattle, WA
gmo
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On Slingshot, our bridal broke once sailing in around 25kts of breeze. We rigged up a ring to the center of the pole using some spare velcro. It worked, but it was damn scary watching the old aluminum pole flex with the gusts. I bet the tip of the pole was traveling a good foot with the up and down hauls on tight. I guess carbon fiber is stiffer, so doesn't flex as much (they use it on bow sprits, after all).
I wonder how much power you give up to pole flex, that would otherwise be sent through the bridal directly to the boat...
Grady Morgan Slingshot - Hull #112
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