Spin pole/Gin pole

When I put the new deck and beam in my Cal 25 I also installed a hinged mast base so I could step without assistance. Would my Spinnaker pole be adequate to use as a gin pole? Just need to build a bracket to attach to the mast/base. Otherwise I'll use a wooden beam that I can clamp on the mast. Thanks for your help! Kevin Cal 25 Panache

Spin pole is stronger than a whisker pole and lots of people use them to pole out a jib. A whisker pole will be longer. The whisker pole can be up to some multiple of the foot, I think 1.5 times but not sure. For example, my spin pole is 13.5 ft and the whisker pole is to 22 feet. We usually pole out about 20 feet. On Oct 8, 2013 8:18 PM, "Kevin Swart" <kg… [at] earthlink.net> wrote: > ** > > > **********When I put the new deck and beam in my Cal 25 I also installed > a hinged mast base so I could step without assistance. Would my Spinnaker > pole be adequate to use as a gin pole? Just need to build a bracket to > attach to the mast/base. Otherwise I'll use a wooden beam that I can clamp > on the mast. > > Thanks for your help! > > Kevin > Cal 25 > *Panache* > ************ ** ** ****** ** ****** > >