using a drogue on a swing mooring

[Seastoke]

so we had a bumpy night when the wind was blowing us abeam of tidal stream ,would a drogue deployed at the stern helped us get back in the flow of the tide ,cheers roy

 

[BruceK]

I slept like a baby. You marina folk are way too soft. My drogue may have had something to do with it though. Just dont get a sea anchor for your size boat because it'll take a riverman to haul it in against that kind of tidal flow. Skinny begga like you might manage one for a 25 foot 2 ton boat and have rhe same effect. You also dont want to drag the mooring out to sea with you. Not sure what a 3 ton concrete block will do for your trim suspended off your bow in deep water, but Im happy to watch if you want to give it a go

 

[simonfraser]

Couple of sturdy buckets over the side tied to the stern and or leaving the OD up / down may have done the trick.
Oops another benefit of an OD

 

[alant]

so we had a bumpy night when the wind was blowing us abeam of tidal stream ,would a drogue deployed at the stern helped us get back in the flow of the tide ,cheers roy

Tide has about 16 x power of wind, so you must have very large top hamper & little grip underneath, for the wind to push you over that much? Perhaps some leeboards might help.

 

[BruceK]

Tide has about 16 x power of wind, so you must have very large top hamper & little grip underneath, for the wind to push you over that much? Perhaps some leeboards might help.

It was a strong wind with lightning and everything even in little to no current and a strong breeze plus, a small drogue on a short tether can keep you from sashaying about the anchor chain. Useful when in a tight anchorage with yachts or close spaced moorings. Last F8 at anchor I was swinging in arcs of 30m on 60m of chain with each gust

 

[Seastoke]

It was a strong wind with lightning and everything even in little to no current and a strong breeze plus, a small drogue on a short tether can keep you from sashaying about the anchor chain. Useful when in a tight anchorage with yachts or close spaced moorings. Last F8 at anchor I was swinging in arcs of 30m on 60m of chain with each gust

its very unusual to use a fridge as a drogue

 

[BruceK]

Ya butt at least they're not running for 5 days on your starter batteries.... oops :disgust:

 

[Seastoke]

Ya butt at least they're not running for 5 days on your starter batteries.... oops :disgust:

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