{"id":301,"date":"2015-01-25T22:21:33","date_gmt":"2015-01-25T22:21:33","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.forespar.com\/blog\/?p=301"},"modified":"2015-01-06T22:24:27","modified_gmt":"2015-01-06T22:24:27","slug":"faq-week-3","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.forespar.com\/blog\/2015\/01\/faq-week-3\/","title":{"rendered":"FAQ of the Week"},"content":{"rendered":"<div style=\"float: right; margin-left: 10px;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/share\" class=\"twitter-share-button\" data-count=\"vertical\" data-url=\"https:\/\/www.forespar.com\/blog\/2015\/01\/faq-week-3\/\">Tweet<\/a><\/div>\n<p><strong>Q:\u00a0How do I properly maintain my spinnaker pole when stored on the mast?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>A:\u00a0The spinnaker pole needs to be removed from the inboard mast fitting two or three times a year. When you remove the pole, clean out any salt build-up on the aluminum end fitting and stainless steel mast car toggle using fresh water or vinegar.<\/p>\n<p>If the end fitting is stuck to the mast car toggle, remove the track-end stop and take the spinnaker pole off the track. Place the end fitting and mast car in a bucket of vinegar and let sit for a week. If this does not work, use a hand-held propane torch to heat the aluminum end fitting, which will allow it to expand and slide off the toggle car. Please take care when using the propane torch!<\/p>\n<p><em>If you have any further questions or need replacement parts, please contact us at sales@forespar.com.\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Tweet Q:\u00a0How do I properly maintain my spinnaker pole when stored on the mast? A:\u00a0The spinnaker pole needs to be removed from the inboard mast fitting two or three times a year. When you remove the pole, clean out any salt build-up on the aluminum end fitting and stainless steel mast car toggle using fresh&#8230; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.forespar.com\/blog\/2015\/01\/faq-week-3\/\">Read more: FAQ of the Week<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1001004,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[51],"tags":[58,52,56,57],"class_list":["post-301","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-faqs","tag-boat","tag-forespar","tag-maintenance","tag-spinnaker-pole"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.forespar.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/301","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.forespar.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.forespar.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.forespar.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1001004"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.forespar.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=301"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.forespar.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/301\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":302,"href":"https:\/\/www.forespar.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/301\/revisions\/302"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.forespar.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=301"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.forespar.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=301"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.forespar.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=301"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}