- Drilled out two stainless steel rivets securing one end cap of the spinnaker pole. One of the rivets was a bit proud of the surface. The other end cap has four rivets. Took a 3/16" hole to free the rivets.
- Drilled out two aluminum rivets holding the inboard end of a 1/16" diameter coated steel sheet/guy release wire.
- Pole is aluminum with an outer diameter of 2-1/2", wall thickness of 3/32", inner diameter of just over 2-5/16" and 134-1/2" long.
- End cap is 4-7/8" long from outboard end to shoulder that seats against the pole, 3-1/8" from inboard face of the jaw to shoulder that seats against the pole.
- End cap section inserted into the pole is 2-5/16" diameter, 7/32" wall thickness, and 1-17/32" long.
- Alberg 30 class rules state: "The maximum length of spinnaker/whisker poles used when racing shall not exceed 10'9", the maximum "J" dimension."
- Amount to trim the pole:
- 4-7/8" inboard end cap
- 3-1/8" outboard end cap to inner face of jaw
- 0-1/2" thickness of track at the mast
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- 8-1/2" aside from the length of the aluminum tube
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- 129" max length of pole
- 008-1/2" length of end caps
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- 120-1/2" length of the aluminum tube required
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- 134-1/2" current length of the aluminum tube
- 120-1/2" required length of the aluminum tube
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- 014" amount to cut off of the aluminum tube
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- Verification:
- 142-1/2" from outside of end to inner face of other end cap
- 000-1/2" thickness of track at the mast
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- 143" current effective length
- 129" maximum allowed length
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- 014" amount to cut off of the aluminum tube -- Matches!
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