Jarrod,

Here's a link to the Guck Inc. site for the "Skunk" snuffer.

http://www.guckinc.com/skunk.htm

Re: attachment of the pole to the bridle...I have two attachments at the bridle.

One is a piece of line clove hitched to the pole just aft of the skunk hoop that attaches on either side of the bridle plate. This induces the pre-bend into the pole. It required me to cut away part of the sleeve holding the bag on the pole. Since this sleeve doesn't carry any real load, I've not had any problems with this. (note:the snuffer bag is sailcloth sewn into two parallel sleeves...one for the sail and one for the spin pole.)

The second bridle line is clove hitched to the spin pole immediately forward of the snuffer hoop and attaches to each forward chainplate. This keeps the center of the pole from bending horizontally.

Hope this makes sense....drop me a note at jeffreyjwoodard@yahoo.com if you have any additional questions.

Jeff.