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Rolling remedies

On Wed, 29 Oct 2008 18:51:53 -0700 (PDT), wrote:

I wonder if a single paravane deployed from a higher lever arm (like a
sailboat mast) could be effective at reducing heeling & rolling

Height is useful for reducing tension on the paravane topping lift.
Using a single paravane upwind to reduce heeling is an interesting
idea. Of course you need some way of getting it out away from the
boat to create a longer lever arm and prevent inadvertant hull
strikes. Single paravanes create an asymetric righting force which is
considered dangerous on fishing trawlers, and believed to have caused
several capsize incidents. Upwind on a sailboat it would greatly
increase time and effort to tack but that would not normally be an
issue on a long offshore passage.

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