I traded a refrigerator for a spinnaker pole last week. I did the deal with Sam Holmes of YouTube fame. (SamHolmesSailing)
He bought an old shop nearby to refit his Cape Dory 28, Pickled Herring. We struck up a friendship an have helped each other out.
He previously gave me a extra spinnaker he had!
While the pole is too short for Katrina, the ends are in fine shape and I figured it would be fun to try and wind a large diameter shaft custom fit for the ends and Katrina.
I fitted a pipe of the right diameter to my Shaft Machine and had at it.
The pole is 100% carbon and epoxy.
Here are some photos. The first is the final winding curing under SaranWrap. Next are photos of the initial layer of cloth, the pole end fitting being bonded in and the whole pole....
