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Rule 55.2: Spinnaker Poles; Whisker Poles | Protest Room

Part 4 — Other Requirements When Racing

Section B — Equipment-Related Requirements

55.2

Spinnaker Poles; Whisker Poles

Only one spinnaker pole or whisker pole shall be used at a time except when gybing. When in use, it shall be attached to the foremost mast spar (as defined in The Equipment Rules of Sailing).

Rule 55.1

When headsails or spinnakers are being changed, a replacing sail may be fully set and trimmed before the replaced sail is lowered. However, only one mainsail an...

Rule 55.3

No sail shall be sheeted over or through any device that exerts outward pressure on a sheet or clew of a sail at a point from which, with the boat upright, a ve...