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


Much better than being 90 degrees, no?

>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.


Omagawd!  You don't mean my paddle float do ya?  :-)

I thought you pulled some kind of trigger line/leash thingee on the
commerical drouges/sea anchors that collaspes them before pulling them in.
Or I guess maybe it's attached to the tail (skinny end of the funnel) so you
kinda dump the water out of it before pulling it in.

Oh, I get it.  It might sink while deployed.  I thought the weight of the
boat would keep enough tension on it to keep it on/near the surface.  I
suppose wave action could cause slack that would allow it to sink some.

>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).


Gee, even I could sew 4 triangles together.  Some kind of sail material?

The top of each triangle was 2 feet or the drouge had a 2 foot diameter?

I presume the stiching wouldn't have to be too tight, just strong.

How open/tight is the tail?  I presume openness = drift.  Is that
desireable, assuming open seas?

Clyde



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