I know this is a pretty old post, but I've had two 18's and one had the Solo-right, and the other (which I have now) has the power pole.

I could, at about 150-160 pounds, right my 18 by myself with the Solo-right. I cannot do this with the power pole (and this boat even has a mast float, which the other did not).

The problem I've found with the pole, is that it swings towards the front of the boat when I try to hang on the very end of it as my feet are no longer on the hull. I figure I could attach a line to the pole which attaches to the rear of the boat stopping this swing from occuring. Then I could hang on the very end of the pole and see if it will work then.

I hope this isn't a pointless post. I'm new to this forum and just got back into sailing. I did a search and this is what came up. I hope I'm not repeating some information that is posted elsewhere.

B