use standard fittings from someone like West Marine but go to Alco Metals by the Oakland airport and get an aircraft aluminum tube long enough for about $10. Cut it to length and you save hundreds of dollars.

:: I am looking at the spinnaker pole and was wondering
:: what diameter of pole is class legal? I see there is a
:: length of 9' 10" but not diameter.
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:: What are most people using for a pole?
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:: Thanks!