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catalac08
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Rolling at anchor-whats that-try a cat!
Prevent rolling, at anchor (the boat, not the crew!)
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Scotty_Tradewind
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and be bored out of my mind?.. no thanks, been there, done that! unless you'r talking about the very fast racing cats?
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Greenheart
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Catalac08, you smug devil! 
I am tempted that way, I admit. Just trying to think of ways to have my cake without getting the muffin-top, too.
I am tempted that way, I admit. Just trying to think of ways to have my cake without getting the muffin-top, too.
Seajet
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dan,
I would strongly advise against any wires or anything else to the keel, you may be surprised by the drag, and it's begging for weed, flotsam etc.
I would strongly advise against any wires or anything else to the keel, you may be surprised by the drag, and it's begging for weed, flotsam etc.
Greenheart
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Point well-taken, Seajet.
Perhaps, if the 'keel-cable' were longer...it could be led forward whilst under way, and held tight against the hull, from the bobstay (when I have a bobstay)...to reduce drag and obstructive properties.
You can tell I won't forget about this, at least until I've caused some damage and self-harm, trying!
Perhaps, if the 'keel-cable' were longer...it could be led forward whilst under way, and held tight against the hull, from the bobstay (when I have a bobstay)...to reduce drag and obstructive properties.
You can tell I won't forget about this, at least until I've caused some damage and self-harm, trying!
AngusMcDoon
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Lead mines - it's what those of us unencumbered by dangling lumps of lead call boats that are.
Trimeringues don't roll perceptibly at all - not in a swell that you'd want to anchor in anyway.
GrahamM376
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These work when there's no tidal flow but get pulled backwards when it's running. Tried them for a season then gave up -
http://www.westmarine.com/webapp/wc...chanintel_google&ci_src=14110944&ci_sku=11077
VO5
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I have tried all sorts of stunts in the past you can think of and not think of.
Buckets, with and without holes, horizontal boards, all sorts of things.
I have a Seabrake drogue which is a self adjusting beastie because it has slots in the sides that allow for pull and slack.
I rig mine boom end and attach 4 ft of chain with a shackle to the pointy end to keep it submerged and vertical.
Works perfectly.
Buckets, with and without holes, horizontal boards, all sorts of things.
I have a Seabrake drogue which is a self adjusting beastie because it has slots in the sides that allow for pull and slack.
I rig mine boom end and attach 4 ft of chain with a shackle to the pointy end to keep it submerged and vertical.
Works perfectly.
Greenheart
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Does anyone anywhere still make 'chum' weights?
I was amazed and very pleased, to see the 'Seasearcher' magnet in a chandlery's mag, lately. I first saw it at Jay's Marine in Chichester thirty years ago, and was thrilled by the picture on the box, of a submarine. I was beside myself with excitement...a remote control submarine for only £15!! (or whatever it cost then).
I was amazed and very pleased, to see the 'Seasearcher' magnet in a chandlery's mag, lately. I first saw it at Jay's Marine in Chichester thirty years ago, and was thrilled by the picture on the box, of a submarine. I was beside myself with excitement...a remote control submarine for only £15!! (or whatever it cost then).
Wansworth
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I digrese..Was Jays somewhere off east street; down an ally on the left hand side going east.
Greenheart
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I'm certain you're right, Mogy. St Martin's Street was the side road, I think, though it's been at least 25 years. By the Swan pub. I loved the place. (The chandlery, I mean). I expect the proprietor thought I was in there hoping to come away without paying for something, I never was an innocent-looking youth.
By the 'nineties, I was buying books and Admiralty charts from another, smaller chandlery place right down at the extreme end of East Street. I forget the name. Nice bloke, I hope he's still in business there.
By the 'nineties, I was buying books and Admiralty charts from another, smaller chandlery place right down at the extreme end of East Street. I forget the name. Nice bloke, I hope he's still in business there.
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Wansworth
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no they closed as well....its a pizza palour or pet boudoiur ......
Rick_A
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Have used the bucket method a few times, works great, but it HAS to be a metal buucket, the plastic ones just dont have enough weight to sink and take up any slack in the rope in time.
Greenheart
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Crazy idea...or possibly, very old seaman's trick...
If indeed, pitching is (by virtue of the boat being at least three times longer than its breadth) much more acceptable than rolling...why not run a line from the stern rail to the bow-roller, with a bowline midway along it...and attach the mooring/anchor line to the bowline? If you've judged your mid-point accurately, the yacht will lie at an adjusted angle to the swell, and the rolling will now be pitching. Won't it?
Ability to adjust the bowline's position might be critical in early trial stages.
If indeed, pitching is (by virtue of the boat being at least three times longer than its breadth) much more acceptable than rolling...why not run a line from the stern rail to the bow-roller, with a bowline midway along it...and attach the mooring/anchor line to the bowline? If you've judged your mid-point accurately, the yacht will lie at an adjusted angle to the swell, and the rolling will now be pitching. Won't it?
Ability to adjust the bowline's position might be critical in early trial stages.