Can anyone ID this? Photos of unidentified pole and line

[drchpete]

Attached are a few pics of a pole and a heavy line which were on my boat (H466) when I bought it. No way to contact the previous owner. Can anyone tell by looking at these what they are? Used for? One is a stout pole which is much too short to be a whisker or spinnaker pole with a sheave at one end and a clip at the other. The other item is a thick line (like dock line) with beautiful thimbles and snap shackles. The shackles are the type I'd expect on a sail halyard or sheet but the line is so heavy 5/8 or 3/4. Not sure if these items are at all related but I don't understand either. Please see photos attached. The line is 20' the pole is around 6-8 feet (sorry forgot to measure).
Sails that came with the boat include the main, jib, 2 symmetrical spin and one asymmetric if that helps.

 

[Sailbaum]

The pole appears to be a "reaching strut". It is used to hold the spinnaker guy outboard to increase the angle (and therefore control) of the guy when close reaching with a spinnaker. It helps keep the pole from banging the headstay in gusts.
The line may have been used to secure the strut (though I don't recall using such a line - and it wouldn't need to be that heavy)

 

[MrUnix]

Yup.. a Selden "Jockey Pole"..

See Page 136 of the Selden yacht catalog which can be found here.. click on the digital catalog link up top and select "yachts".

Cheers,
Brad

Edit: whoops, my mistake.. page 140

 

[drchpete]

Excellent. Thanks guys (no pun intended). Does the inboard end attach to a fitting to the mast or something on the deck. I 've never sailed with a symmetrical before so I guess it's time to learn.