I don't know how the MOB pole was required to be rigged on the NAR, but I have used these for many years on both racing and cruising sailboats. There are ways of rigging these so that they can be launched withing seconds--first hit the GPS MOB button, then lanuch the horshoe ring, strobe, drogue and MOB pole. The standard racing pole is a 9-12 foot fiberglass pole, with a float about 3 feet up the pole, with a lead weight on the bottom and a flag (most desirable also a radar reflector)--at the top--which is secured to the strobe etc. I know of a numbers of boaters who were saved by this device.
The bottom of the pole is secured in a bracket along with the horseshoe life ring etc, where if you pull a release, it slides into the water--the top in a sleeve. I would fit this in any passage maker.
My assumption is that the requirment should have been modified to include an adequate launching device.
Bob Austin
I don't know how the MOB pole was required to be rigged on the NAR, but I have used these for many years on both racing and cruising sailboats. There are ways of rigging these so that they can be launched withing seconds--first hit the GPS MOB button, then lanuch the horshoe ring, strobe, drogue and MOB pole. The standard racing pole is a 9-12 foot fiberglass pole, with a float about 3 feet up the pole, with a lead weight on the bottom and a flag (most desirable also a radar reflector)--at the top--which is secured to the strobe etc. I know of a numbers of boaters who were saved by this device.
The bottom of the pole is secured in a bracket along with the horseshoe life ring etc, where if you pull a release, it slides into the water--the top in a sleeve. I would fit this in any passage maker.
My assumption is that the requirment should have been modified to include an adequate launching device.
Bob Austin
