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From: Philip Lange (no email)
Date: Tue May 09 2006 - 15:46:11 EDT
My strongest wind experience with a Jordan Series Drogue was that it was
best attached by a 75' bridle to the inboard side of the amas. The boat
then ceased to yaw and kept her stern square to the seas and wind. Bobbed
like a duck in a pond making a little less than a knot over the bottom. I
lay in the bunk reading, Marilyn baked a flying fish that came aboard at
the start of the storm. Every now and then I would go out, freshen the nip
and appreciate the towering waves built by the 40 - 45 kt winds. Every now
and then a breaking crest would rush by under the wings. Sounded like a
freight train, but nothing to worry about.
Philip
At 03:25 PM 5/9/2006, Ahmet wrote:
>I am always interested in doing case studies to analyse what went wrong
>cruising disasters, or mishaps.
> I was somewhat close with what happened to the Almesian last year when
> she floundered on her way from Newport to Bermuda, resulting in the loss
> of life of the skipper. A good friend of mine was one of the crew, and he
> has held several show-and-tells at our yacht club explaining in detail
> what happened.
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> There are some parallels between that and the case of Mr Wood's Eclipse
> mishap. Although it seems like Ecclips actually survived the storm better.
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> I wonder what Richard Woods would do differently in hindsight.
> I am especially interested on how and why the sea-anchor failed, and
> what could have been done differently to prevent the wild motion the boat
> had while at anchor.
> Specifically ..
> * Should the anchor be attached differently on a multihull.. (somehow
> at the centerline of the boat, or from one hull)
> * Was the line too short ?
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> It is very rare to get real-life accounts of these kinds of cases,
> and the lessons learne could be very helpful.
>
> Ahmet
> www.sailnomad.com
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