Heavy Weather Tactics

by Hinz, Earl

• ISBN13: 9780939837601
• ISBN10: 0939837609
• Edition: 2nd
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2004-01-01
• Publisher: Paradise Cay Pubns

Summary

Just as self-steering systems and autopilots have given the offshore seaman another pair of hands to steer the boat, so sea anchors and drogues have provided another means of handling threatening seas. Heavy Weather Tactics: Using Sea Anchors & Drogues is a classic; the last word on a subject of very great concern to leisure boaters and professional seamen alike, providing the reader with in-depth advice and analysis about: How deep water and coastal waves behave; How to deploy a sea anchor or drogue, and how it works; Different designs and their merits; What size of drag device is needed for a yacht, multihull, motorboat, fishing boat or working craft; Sea anchors for life rafts; How to make a makeshift sea anchor from whatever is at hand.This is the most detailed study available of a highly effective strategy for dealing with severe weather. Anyone putting to sea in a yacht or power driven vessel should carry a copy on board.

Table of Contents

Foreword by Chuck Hawley	i
Preface	iii
Acknowledgments	x
Chapters:
Chapter One - Sea Anchor or Drogue?	3	(16)
Chapter Two - Deep-Water Wave Characteristics	19	(16)
Chapter Three - Sea Anchor Design	35	(20)
Chapter Four - Sea Anchor Use	55	(30)
Chapter Five - Specialty Sea Anchors	85	(12)
Chapter Six - Drogue Design	97	(34)
Chapter Seven - Use of Drogues	131	(16)
Chapter Eight - Oil on Troubled Waters	147	(6)
Afterword	153	(3)
Appendix A - Estimating Sea Anchor Size	156	(11)
Appendix B - Drag Device Sources	167	(3)
Glossary	170	(2)
Bibliography	172	(3)
Index	175	(9)
About the Author	184