Ahoy Ben, I do think that the drogue effect of lifting the bow of our dink, the weight of the 140lb outboard on the stern, and being in the propwash, is what keeps my dingy from overtaking the transom of the big boat. The dink has the attitude it would have just before coming up on plane, like going 6 knots with only the driver on board.
You might try a drogue, perhaps a couple of lines dragging from your dinghy's transom. You also might try putting some of the load on the two V rigged backup lines. Norm S/V Bandersnatch Lying Gloucester MA > In most types of weather, it's just fine. However, when I'm sailing in > relatively light winds and developed following seas, the dinghy surfs > down the wave faces and shoots for the stern, or sheers off sharply and > gets sideways, at which point it gets jerked straight when the tow rope > comes tight. Not a pretty sight. To me, anytime I see gear being racked > and strained like that, there's *something* wrong with the basic > idea/design - but I haven't figured out how to fix that yet. > _______________________________________________ Liveaboard mailing list [email protected] To adjust your membership settings over the web http://liveaboardonline.com/mailman/listinfo/liveaboard To subscribe send an email to [email protected] To unsubscribe send an email to [email protected] The archives are at http://www.liveaboardonline.com/pipermail/liveaboard/ To search the archives http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected] The Mailman Users Guide can be found here http://www.gnu.org/software/mailman/mailman-member/index.html
