Looking for ideas/best practices. My whisker pole is currently secured on the stbd deck, midway, with bungees holding it to a couple of stanchions...inelegant but functional.
I bought some chocks from West Marine, but with the pole amidships it rubs on the shroud turnbuckles - the chocks cannot go all the way to the deck as the stanchion base prevents this, so they have to be ~1" off the deck, thus putting the pole against the shrouds. Further forward, and the curve of the hull interferes; further aft, it gets in the way of the jib sheets.
I have also stowed it against the mast; there is some windage, and it works fairly well except that it is sometimes fiddly to drop the mast car to the right position. If ever you are in a hurry the mast car tends to stick! Plus it takes longer (more steps).
So...best practices to share? Anybody tried the new Forespar chocks?