Bowsprit for gennaker

[svadagiomaine]

I need some ideas. I have a Beneteau 343 and plan to add a gennaker. Over the winter I ordered the sail and furler from North, and talked with the North guy and the service manager from the yard and the recommendation was to use a Selden bowsprit.

Now the shrink wrap is off the boat and those guys looked at it yesterday and they don’t think the Selden pole will work because it would have to go right over the anchor locker hatch. I guess I should have thought of that. But i kind of thought when they recommended the pole they had a plan.

Also it wouldn’t fit past the anchor roller so that would need to be replaced. I have a big ass Mantus and they asked if I would be willing to get a smaller anchor and my answer was NFW. I am open to anything else but the anchor stays.

Now the options seem to be

(1) fabricate a new anchor roller that also has a mount point far enough out for the sail

(2) get a new anchor roller that leaves room in the side for the selden pole, put it over the anchor locker and take it on and off all the time

(3) get a bowsprit / anchor roller kit like the Unibow (see picture). This looks like a good option but I haven’t found a US dealer yet.

Any other brilliant ideas? I am going to have the yard do the install on this either way.