davethedog
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It was just a possible suggestion for the future....
Well that was an interesting sail
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capnsensible
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The pony bottle I had was carried in a sling across my chest. Easy to use.
Sea Change
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Thanks for the write up, food for thought. We generally try to avoid sailing near the French islands in darkness for this reason.
Did you heave to, or was the boat hanging by the stern too much to allow that?
Did you heave to, or was the boat hanging by the stern too much to allow that?
geem
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We couldn't heave too due to the tangled Duogen. We needed to take the pressure off it so dropped all sail. That worked but the pot lines then tangled with the prop. We don't normally catch lines. With a deep fin keel that slopes up the leading edge, we tend to just go over them. The skeg hung rudder is 750mm higher than the bottom of the keel so as long as we are sailing fast enough, the lines don't catch the rudder or prop. The folding prop helps I think but not when you are drifting sideways over the line
RunAgroundHard
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Curious if you had a line cutter fitted, if so did not work, or would it not have worked on the line?
geem
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No line cutter. There is no room for one on my prop shaft. We have a folding prop that has been great at avoiding lines until now
