Heavy Weather Tactics Using Sea Anchors and Drogues, Second Edition - Softcover

Hinz, Earl

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0939837609 ISBN 13: 9780939837601

Publisher: Paradise Cay Publications, 2004

Synopsis

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.

About this title

About the Author

Earl Hinz has been sailing Pacific Ocean waters since 1958, accumulating over 40,000 sea miles in racing and cruising boats. After retiring from the aerospace industry as an engineer, he became technical editor at SEA magazine, conducting sea trials on over 100 sail and power boats. He has owned a variety of boats and has lived aboard for 15 years.

Review

A treasury of knowledge on the use of sea anchors and drogues in storm survival situations -- Great Lakes Boating

The most complete work to date -- Woodenboat

Edition details

• Publisher: Paradise Cay Publications
• Publication date: 2004
• ISBN 10: 0939837609
• ISBN 13: 9780939837601
• Binding: Paperback
• Language: English
• Edition number: 2
• Number of pages: 164