RE: [Paddlewise] Rigging question - Perfect Storm

Craig has it exactly right.  I just spent a few days on a longliner/seiner
fishing Chatham Strait.  The booms can be deployed to a position slightly
above horizontal.  From the far end of the boom a length of chain is
attached that has attached to its end a saucer/frisbee-like device (about
18-24" in diameter made of 3/4" marine plywood on the 47' boat I was working
on) that is weighted and shaped in a somewhat hydro-dynamic form.  These
"saucers" "fly" along underwater (deep enough so they stay underwater even
as the boat rolls) when the boat is underway and help stabilize the boat by
greatly increasing its effective beam.  You still rock and roll in heavy
seas - they just help damp the motion.


Dave Seng
Juneau, Alaska


> -----Original Message-----
> From: CraigHicks_at_aol.com [mailto:CraigHicks_at_aol.com]
> Sent: Thursday, July 06, 2000 9:15 AM
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> Subject: Re: [Paddlewise] Rigging question - Perfect Storm
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> 
> On Wed, 5 Jul 2000 20:53:56 -0700, D Lee <snorkler_at_juno.com> wrote:
> >In the movie "Perfect Storm," I was surprised to see 
> >the Andrea Gail rigged with apparent trawler booms 
> >when it was fishing as a longliner. 
> 
> The booms were not for trawling.  Linda Greenlaw (captain of 
> the sister vessel to the Andrea Gail) explains in her book, 
> "The Hungry Ocean," the swordboats deploy these booms to 
> increase stability.  Junger probably discusses this in his 
> book, too, but I haven't had a chance to read it yet.  The 
> scene involving these booms in the movie is pretty gripping!
> 
> Craig Hicks
> Arlington, Virginia
> who does not plan to paddle in *any* storm
> 
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