RE: Heavy seas

From: Dickerson, Richard (Richard.Dickerson@TTMC.TTUHSC.EDU)
Date: Sun Jan 30 2000 - 12:19:12 PST


I was under the impression that oil bags are a big no-no these days with the
clean up the responsibility of the party using them.
Richard Dickerson, Ph.D., DABT
Associate Professor, TIEHH and
Department of Pharmacology
Texas Tech Medical Campus
3601 4th Street
Lubbock Texas 79430
806 743 2425 xt 232
806 743 2744 fax

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> From: Dennis W. Farrell
> Reply To: Dennis W. Farrell
> Sent: Friday, January 28, 2000 10:09 PM
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> Subject: Re: Heavy seas
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> From what I've read, the choice of lying-to with a drogue - be it
> Para-tec
> or a more standard version - is heavily dependent on the relative windage
> of
> your boat. I understand that many boats with lots of windage forward
> will
> *refuse* to lie-to bow on, no matter how large the drogue.
>
> Lying ahull with all sail down, with or without a drogue, is an "in
> extremis" tactic when the boat will stand to wear no sail. From what I've
> read, the drogue can be effective in this case - and it is in the right
> place to rig an oil bag.
>
> The idea of running off with a drogue to keep the stern to the wind and
> create something of a slick I've always understood and a tactic to be used
> in bad but not terminally bad conditions.
>
> Fortunately, my experience in these matters comes from paper, not salt
> water. There's a lot of good information out there, but one has to be
> careful to understand the conditions and hull design which made a tactic
> work or fail.
>
> -- dwf
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Kellan Hatch <kellan_hatch@mindspring.com>
> To: potter mail list <wwpotter@tscnet.com>
> Date: Friday, January 28, 2000 19:49
> Subject: Heavy seas
>
>
> OK,
>
> I've been trying to figure out what is the best way to deal with really
> scary weather conditions. So far, heaving-to with a reef has proven to be
> my best situation when caught in a violent squall.
>
> In the past week I've read 3 different and conflicting pieces of advice,
> all
> of which claim to be backed by the latest research. The Annapolis Book of
> Seamanship says that laying ahull, preferrably with a drogue trailing off
> the windward side from a bridle works best because it creates a slick to
> windward that lessens the size of the waves. The SailRite catalog says,
> "The proper position has been found to be "stern to" the oncoming waves;
> this keeps the boat running with the wind and waves, lessening the
> relative
> speed of the onrushing walls of water." Paratec (unsure of spelling), a
> manufacturer or sea-anchors, claims that bow-to has been proven to be the
> only truly safe way to deal with very heavy seas.
>
> I guess the body of water is also a serious point of consideration.
> Running
> with the wind at 3 knots on a lake might find you on shore before long,
> while heaving-to at 1 knot might keep you off the rocks longer.
>
> Any opinions of relevant data?
>
> Thanks,
> Kellan Hatch
> P-19 #1059, Moondance
> Murray, Utah
>
>





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