Bill,

I'm sorry to say this but you're confusing alot of people for no good reason.

A pelican striker is the thing BELOW the spi pole. It's name is derived from a similar setup on old schooner rigs which have such a device to stabilize their jib poles and that is BELOW the bowsprit as well.

The thing on top the spinnaker pole is the Strut.

And really Bill, pelican strikers on spinnaker poles are NOT necessary and only make things complicated and heavy. Look at the I-20's and Tornado. NOBODY Is using pelican strikers anymore. Even the boats slugging it out in the Worrell do fine without one. If they hold up than why should other (regatta) boats have them ?

Stop reinventing definitions that are already in place.

Okay my flame suit is on and now anyone can tell me who I as a European pantsie don't know diddly [censored]. Considering you all pretty much sailing European boats by now makes your flaming pretty rediculous. Not Bill, not you.

Wouter