FIORENTINO: Storm Drogue for large sailboats & trawlers

[CAMNZ117]

so what is this actually for?

[rhadash]

@CAMNZ117

A shark drogue is towed behind a boat to slow it down when the weather is rough. Boats that travel too fast down waves can flip upside down. The shark is essentially a brake. It can also be used as an emergency steering device if the boat’s steering breaks down.

[Hroark7]

rad doesn't know what he is talking about.Infact hes dangerous.

Typical American, no wonder their country is bankrupt and a fascist hellhole.

Never listen to a American about sailing,

Kiwis are the REAL deal,the greatest sailors in the world..

American Babyboomers are braindead ,arrogant ignorant Arseholes

[patidot2]

Hey Hoark7, maybe you can show us how it's supposed to be done!!

[jathgnos]

@Hroark7 Spoken like a true arrogant, ignorant, arsehole.

[rhadash]

To clarify, drogues deployed over the stern place little force on rode until the device is fully inflated and the line is completely stretched out. There's always lag time before real force is placed on rope. This is demonstrated in the video when Zack bends down, picks up the rope, and places it back onto its chock. Dropping all of the rode overboard at the same time or letting it unravel from a bag, creates a high chance of rode knotting up on itself or tangling around something on deck.

[rhadash]

BRIDLES:

Bridles are always helpful. Zack's personal preference on a monohull sailboat is to set a bridle when wave conditions reach around 25-feet. You can use a block or two short ropes to form this bridle.

[rhadash]

PURPOSE OF VIDEO:

The purpose of this video clip is to show you how quickly this TYPE of drogue can be deployed in rough weather and what happens to the drogue when the rode is too short. The video demonstrates how the unweighted drogue does surface with rode too short. Solution: Pay out more rode as demonstrated in the video or add a small anchor to the backside of the drogue.

[vincent7520]

maybe, but it should be on bridal with a block (bloc ?...) so that : 1) the effort could be spread between two strong points on the boat (winches ?...),

2) the crew can havez a better control over the angle from which the waves are coming on the stern.

But yes the guy on this take seems to be quite in control, and obviously the weather is quite strong ...

It seems to be a pretty big boat, no ? ... 

[BigCatamaran]

The drogue should be on a much longer line, and having his hands under it, and it over the lifelines is a little scary, as getting someone tangled in it could be dangerous.

[ghett0fabu1as]

agreed. ive never done this in seas like that before but its just never a good idea to be messing around with lines that are under that much pressure. that boat is absolurely flying, and whatever is on the end of that rope is providing a crazy amound of resistance which would probably cut a man in half

[lukis500]

should be on a bridal i would think

[rhadash]

Give me a break, the guy is paying our 4 seconds of rope and is clearly a pro. He checks the rope, clears the toss with his crew and is well braced and shows no signs of swaying as he pays out the line. This is how most of us deploy a drogue chute under actual conditions and no-one has ever been cut in half. I could understand your comments if he were using a series drogue, talk about dangerous, they have more ways to entangle you and your boat than you can imagine.