bigjoe
2009-06-10 00:04:03
I'm new and need some help,I think the stabilizes are at the end of the pole not sure of that.Is there a source I can use to help me see how to rigge the boat?
tacorajim
2009-06-10 01:13:30
Never at the end. For decades and decades they trailed from slightly below the crosstree. You secure them at about a 40-degree angle forward to the caprails. Same thing aft, only less angle. They seldom want to lay down tight and then come easily into the ears of the crosstree without coaxing. That's why you see boats with turnbuckles and bungee cords taking up slack when they're up or down. On your boat it should be simple to extend your existing poles to the length of your boat, or 38 feet, use the existing rigging fore and aft from the crosstree. One more stay from the poles fore and aft above the crosstree about 2/3ds up from the crosstree to the tips. It marries what you have. You can see how it's been done on historicfishing.com. View thousands of Trollers on page 2.
After the 70's, fishermen were not quite as hardy, so they rigged the stabies 2-3 feet above the crosstree. They also learned that gave those V-shaped babies enough extra thrust to attack the boat in the trough of a mean sea. My oldtime buddies wound up lowering theirs back to just below the crosstree.
bigjoe
2009-06-10 02:09:23
Thanks!! sorry some of that is Greek to me I have more to learn.BIGJOE
tacorajim
2009-06-10 03:34:50
You make me sorry I responded. In plain English!!
bigjoe
2009-06-10 04:27:04
some of the terms and words u used I don't know sorry
bigjoe
2009-06-10 17:43:53
I think I need more info, the poles are I think all right but I don't know how the stabilizes and the down lines the poles have one set of dog ears out on the end just below the crosstree????? no thing else is on the poles is that were you put the stabilizers and how far down?
Joe,
The correct place to attach your stabilizers is on the tab or dog ear on the outside of your pole just opposite of your haul up line ( the one that goes between the pole and the mast).
Jim
bigjoe
2009-06-11 00:10:58
OK,there are two ropes with steal eye rings on the dog ears, one almost touches the water the other one is about 3ft short???don't know why (LOL) with the troll poles out do you put the stabilizers at the end of the ropes and how far down with a chunk of chain right?.I have two types of stabilizers plywood and steal
lone eagle
2009-06-13 01:04:23
looks like you have short poles ,like used on gilnetter or something. troll poles are way longer. the floppers need to be deep enough so they dont break the surface but not long enough that they reach the prop
JYDPDX
2009-06-13 18:08:24
I dont think you want them so deep that they hit bottom in shallow anchorages either. Mine are about 18 feet below the surface of the water when not underway and have never popped out nor hit the boat. Probably never been in the kind of shit that would cause it either though. Many people run an intersecting line that ties in somewhere and then runs to the bow hozhole (sp?), this to keep the stby from dragging too far back and/or yarding on your pole too hard aft. For my stby line I use rope from the pole to the water then a swivel and wire cable for the rest (supposed to cut through kelp better) and also a swivel at the stby itself. The majority of setups I see have the forward lines (that go to the bow) intersecting a couple of feet down from the top of the stby lines. So that when you are running they dont pull the stby in too close to the boat like mine do.
Good luck. Take a walk down the dock and look at other setups.