Two problems with rigging it: Since the boat had no real strogpoints, so we used the cleats, but feeling they might not be strong enough, we rigged lines back to the winches which were stoutly mounted. This worked fine, however the bridle were chafing against the deck and gunwales. The lines seemed ok after the night passed, but if you looked closely you could tell that it was affected - hard to explain, no fraying or anything, but you just could tell that it had been affected in the area.
Retrieving it was "just" a lot of work with the winches, even though the cones captured cleats, winch-handles, and basically everything like that.
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Originally Posted by smackdaddy
Cool Joms - then I'll humbly defer to your actual hands-on experience. This once. Mind you, not because I have a poster of the JSD above my bed like some - but because you have a big freakin' gun and squinty eyes...and have actually used the damn thing (the drogue - not the 44).
Anyway, was pulling the thing in a bummer? How'd you rig it?
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