[MHml] Florida to Chesapeake Bay

[David Nees]

Since I am such a novice, I hesitate to question Brian's thoughtful
comments.  From what I've read (a dangerous position from which to draw
conclusions), it seems as thought the drogue is a great device, if one
has the room to run off with it.  Hal Roth, while being a mono sailor,
is none the less a fully qualified deep water sailor (as well as being a
very good writer) and he strongly supports drogues.  That said, does
this group know of much experience with drogues and multihulls?  Therein
lies the best evidence. 

 

David

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From: David Vrona [mailto:dave at vrona.com] 
Sent: Tuesday, December 19, 2006 10:32 PM
To: Informed discussion of multihull issues
Subject: Re: [MHml] Florida to Chesapeake Bay

 

I thought the current thinking as a result of a USCG test was that there
are better alternatives to the parachute anchor ???

On 12/17/06, brian eiland <beiland at usa.net> wrote: 

Pick your weather carefully, and make sure you look at the fronts coming
across the east coast. You definitely want to avoid the Gulf Stream and
its 
eddies in a northerly blown which can occur in the spring thunderstorm
season.

The good news is these spring time fronts don't last as long as the
winter
northerlies

And I would highly recommend a parachute anchor: 

Parachute Anchors, Para-Anchor, Sea Anchor
<http://boatdesign.net/forums/showthread.php?t=10448>

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