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There appears to be great
disagreement on what tactics and gear should be used in storm
conditions. Well this is not surprising because it is dependant on many
factors. These pages
provide information to help you explore these factors and hopefully help
in the choice between different storm tactics and gear. See also books
in right hand column.
Click here for a
discussion on storm tactics and gear
Below are links to various articles and
products for storm survival. Some articles are written from experience
whilst others are either theoretical or based around the selling
of products. |
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Some definitions |
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RORC |
A set of
definitions for most commonly used terms in relation to storm equipment |
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Articles |
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Boats.com |
A discussion on various tactics:
"When you're too tired to sail on, when the crew is feeling
battered and sick, when the boat seems to be overpowered, you will know
it is time to stop for a while and heave to". |
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Setsail.com |
"When we were doing our research for
Surviving the Storm, we did not find a single positive experience in
these conditions using para anchors. And the unmistakable conclusion for
us from this is that in dangerously breaking seas, tactics other than a
parachute anchor have a higher chance of success - for most situations". |
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US Sailing - Heavy weather |
A US Sailing Course
guide to heavy weather and different storm tactics |
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Para
Anchors |
A detailed set of
papers from the makers of Para Anchors discussing storm tactics, their
product, it's uses, retrieval, deployment and also a paper on the use of
drogues |
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Para Anchor VS
Series drogue |
Series drogue, Para anchor, heaving to,
lying ahull or running off, which is best? Only you can choose the right storm tactics suited to your
yacht.
This paper
documents the investigation of the use of drogues/sea anchors to prevent
small sailing yacht capsize in breaking seas. |
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Drag Devices - Ocean Navigator |
An article by Earl R. Hinz:-
discussing the
lessons learnt from the Fastnet and Queens Day Storm |
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Drogues
for life rafts |
An interesting
discussion on importance of drogues for liferaft stability |
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Multihull pages |
A multihull perspective with an account
of use of a sea anchor after a dismasting. |
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Tests |
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Drogue Tests US coastguard |
Investigation of the use of drogues to
improve the safety of sailing yachts
by U.S. Coast Guard, Groton, CT |
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Commercial Products |
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Coppins Sea Anchors |
New Zealand company producing sea
anchors. |
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Series Drogue |
A site for information and ordering of the
"series drogue" as well as articles on tactics etc. |
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Fiorentino Para-anchors |
USA produced sea anchors for sailboats,
multihulls and trawlers |
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Jordan series drogue |
The drogue consists
of a number of small cones woven into a tapered line with a small weight
at the end. The maximum design load and the number of cones is
determined by the displacement of the boat |
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Para-Tech
Sea Anchors |
A USA company producing sea anchors and
drogues |
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Para-Anchors Australia |
Para-Anchors Australia manufactures a
range of sea surface anchors to suit all ocean going vessels |
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Official reports and inquiries |
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1998 Sydney Hobart |
US Sailing Safety at sea:
The 1998 Sydney to Hobart race inquiry
reports. |
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Miscellaneous |
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A forum discussion |
A forum discussion on the breaking of a
sea anchor rode and the rescue of crew from a yacht |
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A trimaran uses a sea anchor |
"What surprised me most after cutting the
rig is that the boat did not pivot directly into the wind on the
deployed parachute; instead, it stayed at about that 45° angle!" |
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