CASE 97
Rule 55.3 Setting and Sheeting Sails: Sheeting Sails
The use of a jockey pole attached to a spinnaker guy is
permitted.
Question
Is the use of a jockey pole (a pole that exerts outward pressure on the line
that controls the fore and aft position of a spinnaker pole) permitted under
rule 55.3?
Answer
Yes. When a spinnaker pole is set, the line that controls the fore and aft
position of that pole is a guy, not a sheet. A jockey pole putting outward
pressure on a guy is therefore not a ‘device that exerts outward pressure on
a sheet or clew of a sail’.
GBR 2000/2