I just went through that page about anchor chutes and droges that someone forwarded to this list. That page talks about the different uses of chutes and droges, chutes are used to maintain position and to keep a boat facing to the waves, while drogues are used to reduce speed and as a steering device (??!!!!). They even say that drogues have been used for a long time to steer boats, so... how do you do that? Do you tie the drogue to the front to face to the wind, and to the stern to face downwind? Can you still paddle with that? One of the problems of assisting or rescueing a partner in high winds is that some boats become impossible to turn (mine was like that until I added a retractable skeg). Maybe a drogue could solve that problem, but its use does not look ovbious to me. Does anyone have experience using a drogue to steer a boat? Happy paddling, - Julio *************************************************************************** PaddleWise Paddling Mailing List Submissions: paddlewise_at_lists.intelenet.net Subscriptions: paddlewise-request_at_lists.intelenet.net ***************************************************************************
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