cliff
Well-Known Member
Re: aha, if you have a tender...
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A tip i learnt (from here i think) if you have a tender (tho the original poster's boat is too small for a tender) is to launch the tender and rig it amidships, tug-style, lashed tight fwd and aft to the boat cleats. Boat steers into the tender, tender into the boat.
[/ QUOTE ]Err... almost....Next time rig the tender along side but nearer the stern than midships like in the stern quarter or third of the main vessel. Lock the engine in the straight ahead position and give it full throttle. steer the "combo via the main vessels rudder(s) works much better than "alongside midships".
Another trick if oyu loose your rudder is to deploy a drogue on a "V" bridle with each leg of the "V" onto your main winches. With a little care you can steer the boat by slackening and tightening the bridle legs as appropriate.
Unlike many posters I have tried numerous "self recovery" techniques on teh grounds that one day it will happen and when it does I don't want to be pratting about trying to figure out what to do. Apart from that it keeps the kids amused - even down to using the tender as a tug or "pusher" the kids got a kick out of pushing the main boat around (like a side thruster) with the bows of the tender with out being shouted at to "watch the gel coat"
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A tip i learnt (from here i think) if you have a tender (tho the original poster's boat is too small for a tender) is to launch the tender and rig it amidships, tug-style, lashed tight fwd and aft to the boat cleats. Boat steers into the tender, tender into the boat.
[/ QUOTE ]Err... almost....Next time rig the tender along side but nearer the stern than midships like in the stern quarter or third of the main vessel. Lock the engine in the straight ahead position and give it full throttle. steer the "combo via the main vessels rudder(s) works much better than "alongside midships".
Another trick if oyu loose your rudder is to deploy a drogue on a "V" bridle with each leg of the "V" onto your main winches. With a little care you can steer the boat by slackening and tightening the bridle legs as appropriate.
Unlike many posters I have tried numerous "self recovery" techniques on teh grounds that one day it will happen and when it does I don't want to be pratting about trying to figure out what to do. Apart from that it keeps the kids amused - even down to using the tender as a tug or "pusher" the kids got a kick out of pushing the main boat around (like a side thruster) with the bows of the tender with out being shouted at to "watch the gel coat"
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