On Wed, Aug 25, 2010 at 06:28:22PM -0400, [email protected] wrote:
>
> 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.
Thank you, Norm; I appreciate your advice.
I was thinking along those lines, but hated the idea of towing a drogue
(Ulysses is a very slow sailer already. :) I just might have to, though;
a drogue would act to prevent the sheering and the "stern chasing",
although it'll require even more rigging and unrigging as I get ready to
go to sea, and some way to keep the drogue from tangling.
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