Thanks Rick
I'm riding my 6.0 along because I just lost my crew too.
I can't imagine that the designer of that pole hope 2 people would use it to right a cat. First why would they spend 200$ when they can right their boat with a 5$ line. Second, the attachment is not made for this pressure (a flat attatchment fit on a round beam). Third, the pole itself bent dangerously only with 1 pers, imagine with 2.
It is not possible to sleeve an extension because lines are strating at the end of the pole and reach the join of the main beam an the hulls.
I still think that it is a conception problem.
1) You cant get enoug leverage for big boats (at least, this should be mentionned by the conceptor)
2) The attachement.