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Subject: Re: [worldcruising] First Passage
argolo@XXX.XXX
Date: Sat Aug 04 2001 - 08:54:22 EDT
Congratulations on your successful passage. I have a question about your sea
anchor experience...
Why would the anchor not hold the bow to weather? Was it undersized? I
would very much appreciate it if you would provide us with details of the
size and type of sea anchor you used, as well as details of the rode/bridle,
etc. Do you have any comments that may help others to have a more success
with their sea anchors? Also, HOW did you manage to retrieve your sea anchor
under those conditions in order to continue downwind under storm jib??
In a message dated 8/3/01 1:29:42 PM Eastern Daylight Time,
cmckesson@XXX.XXX writes:
<< We came down about 150 miles off the coast. The first two days were
uneventful
- light to moderate NW winds making for a gentle broad reach for two days.
Then, off Oregon the wind blew up to 30-40 knots, building the seas to 15 feet
with breaking combers. We tried lying to a sea anchor and couldn't get the
boat
head to wind. So we rigged a storm jib and ran before it. Ended up having
to
reef the storm jib down to about 20 sq ft (Boy am I glad we bought that jib
just
before departing!) We also streamed warps to help yank her stern around.
Then
we let the Cap Horn windvane do all the steering.
>>
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