I broke my Spiny Pole last year and was able to buy just the tubing
from West Marine. I just pop rivet the old ends on and used the old
bridal. This saves about $100.
There are some aluminum dealers back east that sell this tubing
really cheap like $2.00 per ft. but shipping becomes a problem.
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:: :: After all this time, I finally broke my spinnaker pole.
:: :: Does anyone have any recommendations on a new one?
::
:: Hi Hal, Glad to see you've survived all the hurricanes!
:: I have a Forespar pole with Spectra or some other high
:: tech rope bridle and jaws that can be jammed onto the
:: ring on the mast. That is, you don't have to pull a
:: string to open the jaws. Seems to work pretty well.