Tyler,
I use the biggest bag Murrays sells, no modifications.
MN3,
you are right about pulling the bag. I turn upwind for a moment to get it, when I am ready. Before that the boat feels a lot more stable when dragging it downwind for awhile, instead of pointing upwind and being at mercy of gusts, pushing the boat back, jamming rudders to one side and violently moving main with the blocks flying around. Sometinmes main sheet gets wrapped around the blocks and soloing you don't have enough hands to sort this out. On downwing cource those blocks area under load and straight. BTW, I am talking here about strong winds, when all this really matters.
Need advice after my first solo
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Posted: Sep 21, 2010 - 12:42 PM
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Posted: Sep 21, 2010 - 01:17 PM
Gotcha.
i have had my main not only wrap around my blocks, but also around my hiking stick somehow (lines do crazy things when floating). of course at this time, everything went wrong and i was sailing away right towards a pier. i couldn't sheetout or steer... i finally got it sorted out about 3 seconds before impact.
this is another reason i always release my anchor first (doesn't always seat, but if i let it drop slowly it has a good chance) -
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Posted: Sep 21, 2010 - 01:35 PM
Ahha, now we talk about same things
But what do you call "anchor"? -
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Posted: Sep 21, 2010 - 02:15 PM
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Posted: Sep 21, 2010 - 07:42 PM
Dennis, I was thinking about what you said re standing on bows. Once, in a good blow, it didn't matter what I did the boat never turned, other times I have stood on the stern, & once on the bows to get it to turn into wind. I'm not sure if it depended upon where the wind was in relation to the bows. They do swim around much easier than I thought. Maybe I need to dump much more often & take time to experiment with this:-o
I agree with using the bag as sea anchor, in any wind the boat will drift pretty good once upright. I let it drag til I get stuff sorted out, as Andre said, solo you don't have enough hands to take care of everything.
I have a strap sewn along the bottom of my bag for strength. I had a 2' length of 1" nylon strap(like your PFD webbing) sewn to this strap at the bottom edge of the bag. You just give this strap a pull & it capsizes the bag, a kid can the pull it right up. If I changed it I would use a length of 1/4" floating line, bright color, as the retrieval line.
edited by: Edchris177, Sep 21, 2010 - 06:44 PM
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