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Wayne.B

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Sea Anchors and Drogues

On Sun, 6 Jan 2008 07:32:21 -0800 (PST), wrote:

IMHO a good driver should be able to avoid "stuffing" the bow; it may
take a bit of help from additional eyes spotting the crests. A chicken
chute is a lot of fun but I've gotten fond of asymmetrics.

Depends on the boat and conditions. A big 50 ft "lead sled" has a lot
of momentum and does not turn on a dime in rough conditions.
Obviously at some point you've got to reduce sail and slow the boat
but no one wants to do that until *really* necessary if you're racing.
Occasional green water over the deck is not that big an issue on a
good boat, especially a flush deck racing machine where there is no
real super structure to worry about.

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