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Originally Posted by Tartan34C
But I stand by my advice which is based on my own experience offshore. If you can’t balance the boat then other ways such as your drag may be the only option but trying to learn to get the best out of your boat and learning to balance the boat is worthwhile and if you have a suitable boat and the skill then the safer, simpler way is avoiding lines with the chafe, exposed crew and other problems that come from towing things. Given a choice I will almost always pick the simplest most robust way to get the job done. |
Robert, please, by all means, tell us how it is done. I for one would really like to know. Even just the basics of how it is done would be helpful so that I could understand what you are talking about. I have heard this term "balanced boat" a number of times but never really understood what it means. I assume it means that the boat goes in a straight
line and doesn't head up into the wind or fall off of it, but I don't know for sure. Someone earlier in this thread was, I think, trying to explain it to me but I didn't completely understand what was being said.
Please, if you have what you consider a better way, do tell ...