[quote=davefarmer]The righting pole on my Stealth is attached to the aft side of the main beam, on center. Mine extends a couple of inches aft of the rear beam, and is secured with small dia. bungie, which allows for quick deployment and reattachment after righting, as well as letting the pole deflect downward when it's stepped on from above the tramp when crossing.
I've got four loops of vectran around the ends of the beams where they meet the hulls, and on the ends of the two lines off the outboard end of the pole, are a couple of snaps that clip to the appropriate loops, one line is shorter than the other, keeping the pole tip more forward than if they were equal length(which keeps my righting force more in line with the mast). The length of these lines keeps the pole tip well above the centerline plane, and I hang from the very end with my hands, and wrap my legs around the pole to keep myself out of the water.
When the boat is righted, I quickly unsnap the two lines from the loops, and when the boat starts moving fwd, the pole trails aft, and I can reach down and grab it and flip the loop of shock cord over the end. I usually just pull the lines up over the rear beam and clip them to the tramp lacing somewhere until I can park the boat and tidy things up.
My pole is a carbon windsurf mast with a fairly std universal joint, and a metal brkt like the one you have pictured, held to the main beam with a couple of small dia s.s. rivets. I doubt drilling these two holes has a significant impact on the beam strength.
I also had one of Gary's Solo Rights for the F18HT, and it worked well too, slightly more effort to re stow.
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