Re: [Paddlewise] Drogue plus paddlefloat?

A sea anchor or drogue has a problem in that with most boats it won't hold
the bow into the waves. Because the boat is still drifting backwards a
little what happens is the boat yaws to one side or the other and balances
out more like 30 to 45 degrees off center. If you put several boats tie
together nose to tail only the last one in line will yaw. The yaw angle
depends on such things as the hull shape (deeper forefoot and less stern
keel = less yaw angle) and size of the drogue (bigger drogue = less angle).
Your Express (or any Mariner) should point mostly stern into the waves if
you put a big drogue off the stern. Tip: put a float on the drogue so it
can't sink. It's a real pain to pull one up from any depth.
To: Clyde
I know of one paddler who converted his watchcap into and emergency sea
anchor but I doubt it was very effective. My experiments with about a 15
inch diameter mini-liferaft sea anchor showed I needed something much
bigger. I later made one that was two feet on each side (of four triangles)
that worked much better (at least after I put a float on it).
Matt Broze
-----Original Message-----
From: Gerald Foodman <klagjf_at_worldnet.att.net>
To: paddlewise <paddlewise_at_lists.intelenet.net>
Date: Monday, May 17, 1999 8:28 PM
Subject: [Paddlewise] Drogue plus paddlefloat?


>No one has mentioned deploying a drogue or sea anchor prior to performing
>the paddle float self rescue.  Never tried it myself, but it seems it might
>be helpful in holding the bow into the waves during pump out.
>
>Jerry
>
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