One might safely add, as a fundamental principle, that in heavy winds with long fetch the bow may tend to fall off, which is now as "bow-wow." This can be avoided in many circumstances by taking an unfeathered dog out early, and heading downwind, avoiding pooping-sees. A paddle leash can be helpful. A rudder can also be useful in such circumstances, although it should not be relied upon too heavily, a phenomenon known as "the tail wagging the dog." This problem is rarely encounted in traditional boats of the "barkentine" design. Of course, there is always the option of pawing gradually upwind. . . . (ok ok, I'll stop. . . it's a good day for restoring sailboats, which I'll now return to. . . ). Mark L Fred T scriv: "It is important that your dog be feathered correctly for the fetch you are experiencing. If it is a long fetch then building waves will require different a feather just as a short fetch may best be handled un-feathered. Then logic being what it isn't: Dog Days = Dull drums, which require no dog. At times like this it is handy to have an Airedale. Un feathered of course." At 01:20 PM 5/3/2000 -0700, Philip Torrens wrote: >Feathered Dogs? Is that what is meant by "bird-dogs"? I always thought it >meant something else-:) *************************************************************************** PaddleWise Paddling Mailing List - All postings copyright the author and not to be reproduced outside PaddleWise without author's permission Submissions: paddlewise_at_lists.intelenet.net Subscriptions: paddlewise-request_at_lists.intelenet.net Website: http://www.paddlewise.net/ ***************************************************************************Received on Sun May 14 2000 - 14:44:36 PDT
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