Running with the storm also requires a lot of searoom... which isn't always available. This is one reason I highly recommend carrying a
Jordan Series Drogue aboard the boat... it reduces the speed and eliminates the need for active steering. The entire crew can get some decent rest....
Don Jordan was fond of saying that the JSD was like an ejection seat for a sailboat... you deployed it and then just sat waiting for the ride to end. It was a fire and forget device... with the exception of inspecting the bridle for chafe... and if the JSD was installed with the proper dedicated chain plates, chafe shouldn't be an issue.
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Originally Posted by FrancoC
From what I've been reading, plus the heavy weather sailing video by Mark Schrader and the one by Rousmaniere, it seems that passive storm tactics are much more suitable for older style, full-keeled boats, while running with the storm looks like the safest tactic on modern fin-keel boats. Except that running with the storm is terribly tiring. So what is one to do in boat with a small crew, say a couple? What do you do, steer for an hour, then switch, go down below and rest as much as you can for an hour, and so on?
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