The reason for the concept in the first place was because my crew and I could NOT right the Nacra 6.0 with line. Even when I had her crawl up on my shoulders and hike from there -- which caused some bad kinks in my neck for quite some time.
We lost the Hogs-Keys 100 because of that. We had a great lead on the entire fleet with the Hooter on the N6.0 when the turning block for the Hooter at the top of the mast blew apart. So, I turned the boat on its side and just used a shackle.
But, then we could not right the boat, even in shallow water. Finally, a fisherman helped us right the boat and we DSQed ourselves for getting outside help.
After installing the pole, we had no problem righting the boat with two people.
And I must say, there is no better marine supplier than Murrays -- they are the best!
Rick