Slack is bad, ya gotta have luff tension.
i would think a shorter pole would be part of the problem.
a longer pole would add luff tension.
SMOD.You can't put on a longer pole.
there is no more "SMOD" for the N20. Check the Open20 rules and there appears to be no limit on spin pole length
One of the multiple problems with that ruleset. Plus unless you're racing along the gulf coast then nobody that I know is using that set of rules.
What I did is what Jake says. I don't use the welded ring to put the spin pole through. I also don't rake that much. I guess that means that the slow US boats still beat me.
