On Thu, Jul 30, 2009 at 11:25 PM, Doug Lloyd <douglloyd_at_shaw.ca> wrote: > An oily Elvis impersonator wrapped in drag around a para-anchor deployed > astern in heavy weather would be triply effective.... The effect is diminished until the Elvis impersonator stops thrashing around and creating wavelets. C's will abate to an B- or even an A+ with a bit more pedagogy from Craig on > this topic, as he's a more knowlegable sailor. Grade inflation is everywhere these days. Brad or Kruger should have a better handle on that. As for me, pedagogy is practically my middle name. > > Alternatively, just throw your recyclable items into the ocean directly. > The biggest danger sailing swollen seas is being hit by green waves. By not > recycling in an environmentally suitable manner, the waves will not be > "green" anymore. But that may be just as irresponsible as pouring oil into > the ocean. Maybe try used tunafish cans and oldd olive oil bottles - > incorporating doubly good ideas (unlike my humour). Oddly enough they used to use whale oil (which they carried for lamps) which, I suppose, could be considered "green recycling". Just don't make a mistake and buy tuna packed in water as that would, I am pretty sure, negate any positive effects. A really big fan mounted on the stern pointed into the wind might be additive to the wind vector and do some good re: sea state. > So yeah, for kayakers, just use a little Dapper Dan, then if you roll in > following seas... > A little dab'll do ya. Craig Jungers dead calm in Moses Lake www.nwkayaking.net *************************************************************************** PaddleWise Paddling Mailing List - Any opinions or suggestions expressed here are solely those of the writer(s). You must assume the entire responsibility for reliance upon them. All postings copyright the author. Submissions: PaddleWise_at_PaddleWise.net Subscriptions: PaddleWise-request_at_PaddleWise.net Website: http://www.paddlewise.net/ ***************************************************************************Received on Fri Jul 31 2009 - 07:29:24 PDT
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