I'd be interested in making a drogue or sea anchor myself. Does anyone have a pattern? Can someone submit a diagram, materials list and/or dimensions from one he or she might have? *************************************************************************** PaddleWise Paddling Mailing List Submissions: paddlewise_at_lists.intelenet.net Subscriptions: paddlewise-request_at_lists.intelenet.net ***************************************************************************
G'day - Does anyone have any advice on using sea chutes with kayaks on long open water crossings?? I am specifically looking for information on deployment and recovery; stowage suggestions; length of attachment line; suggested size of the chute for a single kayak loaded with expedition gear; suggested materials; suggested floatation size, etc. AND Do's and Don'ts. Thanks in advance Wayne Langmaid *************************************************************************** PaddleWise Paddling Mailing List Submissions: paddlewise_at_lists.intelenet.net Subscriptions: paddlewise-request_at_lists.intelenet.net ***************************************************************************
Wayne Langmaid wrote: > > G'day - > > Does anyone have any advice on using sea chutes with kayaks on long open > water crossings?? > > I am specifically looking for information on deployment and recovery; > stowage suggestions; length of attachment line; suggested size of the > chute for a single kayak loaded with expedition gear; suggested > materials; suggested floatation size, etc. > > AND Do's and Don'ts. My only experience is with the Driftstopper made by Boulter of Earth. It is beautifully setup and well made. I have not used it in long crossings but experimented with it in strong winds that were trying to send me backwards at a very fast clip. The Driftstopper stops this on a dime and pretty much keeps you in place with possibly a bit of backdrift if the winds are real severe. Dos and Donts: I did everything stupid one can imagine with the thing. Would have made a wonderful movie! For example, it has a small float and I tried absentmindly one time to just throw the float out. That, of course, did nothing as you have to pull the drogue from its storage sleeve on deck in front of you. I have also in trying to recover it, have come up on it too fast and had the drogue wrap itself around my bow as it an octupus. Things like that. All of this is to say to practice with such a piece of gear and don't let your mind wander. ralph diaz -- ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Ralph Diaz . . . Folding Kayaker newsletter PO Box 0754, New York, NY 10024 Tel: 212-724-5069; E-mail: rdiaz_at_ix.netcom.com "Where's your sea kayak?"----"It's in the bag." ----------------------------------------------------------------------- *************************************************************************** PaddleWise Paddling Mailing List Submissions: paddlewise_at_lists.intelenet.net Subscriptions: paddlewise-request_at_lists.intelenet.net ***************************************************************************
> > From: mvhs-bj_at_mvhs.sad3.k12.me.us (Brian Jones) > > > I'd be interested in making a drogue or sea anchor myself. Does anyone have > a pattern? Can someone submit a diagram, materials list and/or dimensions > from one he or she might have? Besides being interested in this myself, if anyone has such a diagram for making a drogue, I would be glad to place it on the website I'm setting up for PaddleWise (where I will also be including the archive of the sponsons thread - good idea, Ralph). I also might like to include a picture of that kayak with both a rudder and skeg. ???? 8-} However, I think the cost of sea anchors (if I remember correctly) is not in the extreme range. Cheers! Jackie _ _ _ _ _ \\ / \0/ \ / \0/ \ \\ " " `\ ,sSSs,\, )\w/( ,sSS..)/{) <<..> sSSS_v)/ \ )<*> sSS[(\_]___\ <(_/_o_o_ 'sS[_`-+---+) \----+-------+-------'---`-----\-------------') ~~~~~~~ ~~jf ~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~ ~~~~\~ ~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~ o \ o \\ o o \\ o o ` (\ o o >jf:-) o (/ o *************************************************************************** PaddleWise Paddling Mailing List Submissions: paddlewise_at_lists.intelenet.net Subscriptions: paddlewise-request_at_lists.intelenet.net ***************************************************************************
Theres a couple of pix at this site http://www.biggideas.com/sea-anchor/html/sea-anchor.html No plans; its a commercial site, but if one was a seamstron... Jim Champoux *************************************************************************** PaddleWise Paddling Mailing List Submissions: paddlewise_at_lists.intelenet.net Subscriptions: paddlewise-request_at_lists.intelenet.net ***************************************************************************
> However, I think the cost of sea anchors (if I remember correctly) is > not in the extreme range. Mine was $20-$30... *************************************************************************** PaddleWise Paddling Mailing List Submissions: paddlewise_at_lists.intelenet.net Subscriptions: paddlewise-request_at_lists.intelenet.net ***************************************************************************
> > > However, I think the cost of sea anchors (if I remember correctly) is > > not in the extreme range. > > Mine was $20-$30... Cheaper than what I remember! Not worth making one unless you just enjoy sewing. Where was that? Can you get it mail-order? Cheers Jackie _ _ _ _ _ \\ / \0/ \ / \0/ \ \\ " " `\ ,sSSs,\, )\w/( ,sSS..)/{) <<..> sSSS_v)/ \ )<*> sSS[(\_]___\ <(_/_o_o_ 'sS[_`-+---+) \----+-------+-------'---`-----\-------------') ~~~~~~~ ~~jf ~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~ ~~~~\~ ~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~ o \ o \\ o o \\ o o ` (\ o o >jf:-) o (/ o *************************************************************************** PaddleWise Paddling Mailing List Submissions: paddlewise_at_lists.intelenet.net Subscriptions: paddlewise-request_at_lists.intelenet.net ***************************************************************************
> > > However, I think the cost of sea anchors (if I remember correctly) is > > > not in the extreme range. > > > > Mine was $20-$30... > > Cheaper than what I remember! Not worth making one unless you > just enjoy sewing. > > Where was that? Can you get it mail-order? I don't know about mail-order... I got mine at Oshmans. It was just the chute, I did the rigging. You might look at Bass Proshops web page, saltwater fishercritters use them to slow their boats drift while fishing. Which is basically what I use mine for, in those situations where anchoring up will make people mad, though it really does slow me down to much. I'll probably break down and add a little rigging to reduce its drag a bit so that my drift rate will be similar to other boats. Currently I run mine from an anchor cleat behind the cockpit, but if I were rigging it for an open crossing, it'd have to go forward, like Dowd's book illustrates. Other posters indicated what a pain retrieval can be when its setup that way though... *************************************************************************** PaddleWise Paddling Mailing List Submissions: paddlewise_at_lists.intelenet.net Subscriptions: paddlewise-request_at_lists.intelenet.net ***************************************************************************
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