No, a JSD is usually used with all the sail down. Most boats have more than enough windage without the need to add any. All adding sail would do is stress the
rigging more and increase the rate at which you run off before the storm... and if the amount of searoom you have is limited, that is a really, really bad idea.
The JSD is usually attached to a bridle. The hardpoints for attaching the bridle on a catamaran would usually be chainplates installed on the outer hulls for this specific purpose, and the bridle should be 2.5x the distance between the two attachment points.
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Originally Posted by LookingForCruiser
Stupid question (because I don't go out in storms in the rather smaller boats I'm used to sailing...):
The Jordan series drogue would be used in conjunction with a small storm sail, correct? Is it the same idea on a cat ?
Where do you attach the drogue to on a cat ? Right in the middle of the stern ?
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