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Originally Posted by closehauled14
I haven't tried this method in "the big stink" as some would say, but I have experimented with it in 40-45kt and 15-18ft seas, and it worked like a champ.
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Originally Posted by sailingdog
You obviously don't have a clue about how the JSD is supposed to work. Buoying the end of it will effectively stop it from working properly because it will introduce slack into the JSD where the JSD curves up to meet the buoy. Most JSDs are 170'+ long, and are designed to hang almost straight down from the transom of the boat under certain storm conditions, and as the boat gets pushed by the waves, it straightens out and progressively loads up the cones... having a big catenary curve in the JSD will prevent this from working properly. Also, you run the risk of having the JSD foul itself or the buoy line....
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So wait, the guy that has never deployed his JSD in adverse conditions is telling the guy that HAS deployed his in 40-45kt and 15-18ft seas that he doesn't have a clue? Now that's funny.
So, close, is the drawing below basically what you're talking about? I could definitely see how this would make retrieval much easier.
As for "stopping it from working", Dog, I thought the only time the JSD will hang down vertically is when there is no load on it (i.e. - no forward motion). This is what Newton would posit anyway. So if the thing's hanging straight down in "certain storm conditions", you might be in trouble, or vastly overestimating the conditions.
It seems to me that depending on the weight at the end of the drogue, and the length of the light line, you shouldn't see much degradation in performance...at least from a physics standpoint. And it wouldn't necessarily cause the tangling that a trip-line from the stern along the main line would cause (at least not while under load).
Furthermore, as conditions calmed, wouldn't the JSD still sink down vertically, drawing the buoy closer to the boat as well?