On 9/11/19 2:44 PM, casioqv@usermail.com wrote: ...
I've also played around with these techniques on my M15, and even carry a small army surplus supplies parachute plus a snatch block and swivel, but I haven't yet had the chance to try deploying it in rough conditions. Without a winch on board the M15, I expect it could be challenging to recover the parachute.
You'd just be pulling your boat to the chute... like pulling it to the anchor by the rode, to raise anchor. If you can do that in heavy weather, the chute will be similar. It's just a sort of also-moving anchor. And of course you want to lift it up from an edge so it's not a huge bucket of water you're trying to raise. Some really interesting stuff in this manual for a brand of drogue (stern drag rather than bow): https://www.defender.com/pdf/delta_drougemanual.pdf cheers, John -- John Schinnerer - M.A., Whole Systems Design -------------------------------------------- - Eco-Living - Whole Systems Design Services People - Place - Learning - Integration john@eco-living.net - 510.982.1334 http://eco-living.net http://sociocracyconsulting.com