Patent ID: 7373893

Claim:
A spinnaker pole, comprising: a first elongated face that concaves towards the longitudinal axis of the spinnaker pole, the first elongated face having two longitudinal sides; a second elongated face that concaves towards the longitudinal axis of the spinnaker pole, the second elongated face having two longitudinal sides, wherein one of the two longitudinal sides of the second elongated face is joined to one of the two longitudinal sides of the first face at a first spinnaker pole edge; a third elongated face that concaves towards the longitudinal axis of the spinnaker pole, the third elongated face having two longitudinal sides, wherein one of the two longitudinal sides of the third elongated face is joined to one of the longitudinal sides of the first elongated face at a second spinnaker pole edge, and wherein one of the two longitudinal sides of the third elongated face is joined to one of the longitudinal sides of the second elongated face at a third spinnaker pole edge, and wherein the first spinnaker pole edge, the second spinnaker pole edge, and the third spinnaker pole edge are reinforced so as to create a higher area moment of inertia along any given axis of a cross section of the spinnaker pole; a first tapering that is formed by the convergence of the first spinnaker pole edge, the second spinnaker pole edge, and the third spinnaker pole edge towards a first end of the spinnaker pole; and a second tapering that is formed by the convergence of the first spinnaker pole edge, the second spinnaker pole edge, and the third spinnaker pole edge towards a second end of the spinnaker pole.