Whisker Poles

Light & Easy to Use

All-carbon Telescoping Whisker Poles

Rigged with one of the slickest single line control systems we have ever seen, Forte’s telescoping carbon fiber whisker poles are light and easy to use.

  • Fully rigged with Forespar ends
  • High quality 2-part polyurethane clear paint on both the outer and inner poles
  • Simple, clean line control system
Size & Pricing Guide

  • TW-2.5
    • Boats up to 35’ long
    • 2.5” ID main tube – 1.75” ID extending tube
    • Collapsed length 12’ – Extended length 22’
    • Forespar UXP250 inboard end fitting (attaches to a ring on the mast)
    • Forespar UXP150 outboard end fitting (standard external trip end fitting)
    • Approximate weight 13.5 lbs
  • TW-3.0
    • Boats up to 45’ long
    • 3.0” ID main tube – 2.25” ID extending tube
    • Collapsed length 15’ – Extended length 27’
    • Forespar UTS inboard socket end fitting (attaches to a toggle on the mast)
    • Forespar UTR outboard trigger end fitting (internal trigger style end fitting)
    • Approximate weight 21 lbs
  • TW-4.0
    • Boats up to 55’ long
    • 4.0” ID main tube – 3.0” ID extending tube
    • Collapsed length 16’ – Extended length 28’
    • Forespar UTS inboard socket end fitting (attaches to a toggle on the mast)
    • Forespar UTR outboard trigger end fitting (internal trigger style end fitting)
    • Approximate weight 33 lbs

Custom Whisker Pole Lengths

We are happy to accommodate custom lengths on our carbon whisker poles.
However, we must maintain a certain ratio of collapsed to extended length for the pole to work.
In other words you can specify either a collapsed length or an extended length and the other will be what it must.

What they’re saying

I would like to thank you, Tony and all the crew at Forte for the great service and excellent product. As you know, we were without a supplier for a mast, spirit and spinnaker pole for the new Rocket, and your company was the only one with a “can do!!”attitude. Right from helping us to pick the correct mandrel, creating the laminate schedule, to helping us construct the first mast, you went beyond the call of duty. We were nervous that the mast would be too stiff, and had lots of “nay sayers”, but when we set the rig up and went for our first sail, it was just what we were looking for!! Keep up the great work!!

Alan Barnes - Rocket Boats

Thanks for the awesome new mast for Strummer. It’s made a huge difference; she’s a much better boat, definitely stiffer and faster. We took 2nd (Class IV) in this year’s (2007) Bermuda 1-2. Lots of days in the 25-30 knot range. No problems with the rig at all.

Louis Meyer Strummer — Hinkley Pilot

The carbon fiber tubing we use in the Mosquito Air Helicopter has proven to be very reliable and strong. Forte offers a good product at a very reasonable price.

John Uptigrove - Innovator Technologies

Strong, light and fairly priced ~ a good value! That’s what our clients tell us about their Forte poles. And we appreciate having a reliable source of spinnaker poles to meet our clients’ expectations.

Lisa Vizzini - Port Townsend Rigging

My Forte mast is fantastic. It is light and extremely strong… two gales in the Bay of Biscay and three flying gybes (thanks to autopilot malfunctions) with the spinnaker up, and each time it came through unscathed. ACADIA Once I gybed in 30 knots of wind 2 miles from the finish with a full main and broke one of the running backstays, so no backstays on downwind… no problems.

Clay Burkhalter - Team Acadia

Before and during the 2002/2003 Around Alone race, we broke every type and every brand of sail batten you can imagine. This is one thing about Ocean Planet’s unstayed (freestanding) mast, that it is very tough on battens. However, for the end of the Around Alone and for the Vendee, we are using custom braided S-glass/carbon fiber battens by Forte… Forte battens are incredible, and it is so nice not to have to worry about battens anymore.

Bruce Schwab - Skipper Ocean Planet