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FWIW, Hal Roth, in his new book (How to Sail Around the World: Advice and
Ideas for Voyaging Under Sail) comes down unequivocally on the side of
using drogues as the storm survival tactic of last resort. He discusses
storm management in four chapters, one on heaving to and lying ahull, one
on running off, one on deploying a sea anchor, and one on deploying a stern
drogue. I found the discussion pretty darn thorough, compellingly reasoned,
and well written.
The book's a pleasure to read otherwise as well, IMO.
Phil
San Juan Island WA
At 06:50 PM 6/23/04, you wrote:
>[...] I too have read Moitessier's book and one significant difference in my
>case is that.... he had a steel boat that could basically be operated
>from below deck.
>
>On the other hand, Pardey, IIRC, recommends the sea anchor as the best
>tactic and his boat was smaller, lighter and not steel I believe. But I
>also recall [IIRC] he was not in the Southern Ocean either.
>
>Others, among them Voss, I think, thought warps was the saving tactic.
>
>I dispute no one.
[...]
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