Plans for a Pigstick

Triton 53 · Post by **Triton 53** » Fri May 02, 2008 8:29 am

I would like to make a pigstick and I have a couple of ideas on how I might do one but I would like to see how other people have made them.
I am also thinking of adding another halyard to the very top side of the mast, on the other side of the bracket for the light, for the pigstick.

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Figment · Post by **Figment** » Fri May 02, 2008 10:52 am

3' x 1/2" dowel.

Stick the bottom end through a tennis ball.

One small eyescrew in the bottom, another about halfway up.

Spraypaint white.

Secure burgee with zipties.

Triton 53 · Post by **Triton 53** » Fri May 02, 2008 11:02 am

Thanks Mike,

Would I want to put the lower halyard line on the bottom of the dowel to help keep it straight upright?

catamount · Post by **catamount** » Fri May 02, 2008 11:27 am

What's the tennis ball for?

Figment · Post by **Figment** » Fri May 02, 2008 11:32 am

Yes, attach the tail of the halyard to the eye in the bottom end of the stick.

The tennis ball keeps things quiet. Any soft hollow ball will do.