Whisker Pole
I've often thought of making my own whisker Pole out of a 12' telescopic boat pole. All you would need is the extrusions which could be made at home. There's no way in heck that I'd pay the kind of money that these boat outlets are asking for these Whisker Poles. In fact, I've actually taken my own boat pole, tied it to the mast and used it for a Whisker Pole on a couple of occasions. Chuck R. on this forum bought some Bronze extrusions for reasonable money in a marine consignment or yard sale somewhere, and had an old German cabinet maker in Toledo turn out a pole on his lathe using Sassafras wood. Chuck finished it and put it together, and it came out like a beautiful piece of furniture. I don't know why the "Sure-Hold" people haven't come out with whisker pole extrusions. They have everything else including crab net, fish gaff, boat hook, fish net, and brush attachments. Hint, hint, hint. Joe
