No, it's a "auxiliary" pole for raising and lowering my mast (making a lever against the mast).
Plus it's a pole for righting my cat after capsize (if the normal uphaulline doesn't work).
The fork on both sides of the pole work in both applications.
ronald
RAIDER-15 (homebuilt)
hey boy, what did you do over there, alone far out at sea?..
"huh....., that's the only place where I'm happy, sir.
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