This is a common question from people wanting to know about baby shower etiquette, and one that commonly gets ignored. My personal advice would be to avoid surprise baby showers, unless you are 100% sure that the mother will enjoy it, and also that the timing will be convenient.
Whisker poles are used for non-spinnaker class racing and short-handed cruising, or whenever downwind performance is desired without the use of conventional spinnakers. A properly sized and deployed whisker pole will allow the headsail to add considerable power and speed to downwind sailing.he ForesparÂ® catalog and Whisker Pole brochure have a sizing chart based on 36 years of empirical data. Labels on the whisker poles themselves also note the maximum size boat for each pole. This is what we strongly suggest you use in selecting the proper sized pole for your boat.
The rod or perch or pole is a surveyors tool and unit of length equal to 51â2 yards, 16 1â2 feet, 1â320 of a statute mile or one-fourth of a surveyor's chain and 5.0292 meters. The rod is useful as a unit of length because whole number multiples of it can form one acre of square measure.