Wanted M31 MkII Spinnaker Pole

[Keith Trevorrow]

Hi.
I am looking for a spinnaker pole for a M31 Mk II if anyone has one of knows of one.
Many thanks.
Keith

 

[Pete Rowland]

Keith, last time I looked they were all in Suffolk. Today they are all in Wales There are a pair of ends for sale if you could find a matching aluminium pole.

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[Martin Slade]

I have one that I’ve never used and is cluttering my deck.

 

[Keith Trevorrow]

I have one that I’ve never used and is cluttering my deck.

Hi Martin.
Where abouts in the UK are you?

Regards

Keith

 

[Martin Slade]

Christchurch in Dorset.

 

[Keith Trevorrow]

Hi Martin

Sorry for the delay in replying - been head down in the cockpit locker trying to fix the heater
Please can we move this conversation onto email.
Can you ping me at keith.trevorrow@btinternet.com
Many thanks

Keith

 

[Keith Trevorrow]

Hi Martin

How much do you want for the M31 Spinnaker Pole ?
You can send that on email if you prefer to keith.trevorrow@btinternet.com.
Transporting it might be tricky - can you confirm the overall length - I think it is 3.3m max

Regards

Keith

 

[Peter Wright]

Hi Keith,

A spi pole should be J long, any shorter and it wont reach ahead of the forestay and will wrap the spinnaker around the stay, any longer and you will need a ridiculously wide (and under most rating rules illegal) spinnaker. According to the Moody Archive for a Moody 31 Mk. 2, J= 3.81 m or 12' 5". Selden recommend something even longer to use as a whisker pole, but most yotties are happy to use a spi pole of length J for this purpose.

Peter

 

[Martin Slade]

Hi Martin

How much do you want for the M31 Spinnaker Pole ?
You can send that on email if you prefer to keith.trevorrow@btinternet.com.
Transporting it might be tricky - can you confirm the overall length - I think it is 3.3m max

Regards

Keith

Hi Keith
Just seen your message, so apologies for the delay in replying. I’ve been on board for the last 2 days but will visit Calypso again on Friday and take the measurements.
Yours

Martin

 

[Keith Trevorrow]

Hi Keith,

A spi pole should be J long, any shorter and it wont reach ahead of the forestay and will wrap the spinnaker around the stay, any longer and you will need a ridiculously wide (and under most rating rules illegal) spinnaker. According to the Moody Archive for a Moody 31 Mk. 2, J= 3.81 m or 12' 5". Selden recommend something even longer to use as a whisker pole, but most yotties are happy to use a spi pole of length J for this purpose.

Peter

Thanks Peter

Strangely the two holders bolted on the foredeck which held the (missing when purchased) spinny pole are about 3.1m apart.
So she either carried a long whisker or a short spinny pole.

I will keep looking for a second hand one and take whatever comes.

Regards

Keith

 

[Peter Wright]

Hi Keith,

If the pole was that short when stowed, it was probably a telescopic one. 0.7 m shorter than J is no use as a spi pole and not much good as a whisker pole for a genoa.

 

[Keith Trevorrow]

Hi Keith,

If the pole was that short when stowed, it was probably a telescopic one. 0.7 m shorter than J is no use as a spi pole and not much good zs a whisker lole for a genoa

Hi Peter

Thanks for the clarification. Hadn't come across telescopic spinny poles before.

Regards

Peter