Very helpful to me that you did such a great job showing even the awkward spots in calm seas, and reminding us where the high forces of rougher conditions would create dangers. The Shark Drogue looks like the most practical single device to help control a sailboat in extreme winds.
Why deploy the Sea Anchor from the bow? The boat will drift backwards through the water, ... which might cause problems with strain on the rudder and forcing the boat to toss sideways. If deployed from the stern instead, the boat will drift forwards through the water and be more stable.
Deployment is easier from the bow. Stern requires additional practice. Typically, one is under power to keep the boat in the optimal position to avoid the unlikely issue you describe. The “toss sideways” comment can happen with any kind of deployment method or drag device. Fiorentino’s Constant Rode Tension methodology and deployment methods greatly improve performance of any device. This video goes into great detail, which includes bow and cockpit deployment th-cam.com/video/JNXIHh69Lkk/w-d-xo.html
This is why it’s important to keep your boat downwind from the storm drogues while recovering the equipment. And there were no prop tangles smarty pants.
Thank you for your continued support. It usually requires only one person to recover the Fiorentino Para-Anchor. The Series Drogue frequently requires two sailors.
Para anchors also have their drawbacks...they've been reported in real world conditions to actually collapse in an approaching breaking wave, so they tend to let you down when you need them most. JSDs tend to not ever let you down in fairly wild sea states, but are a pain in the arse to retrieve. Give me perfect storm functionality over easy retrieval any day of the week.
@@thefreshprinceofbuckingham6096 Every drag device has drawbacks and positives. According to the US Coast Guard report the JSDs have the highest failure rate compared to any other device. All the real world data, including youtube videos showing slack bridle problems and cockpit flooding appear to support the USCG data. Teresa Carey is providing real world solutions to improve the performance of these devices. You should be thankful her honesty can help reduce the high failure rate of the JSD.
Hi Zack, I have an order for Drogue and Para Anchor, thanks to helpful videos like these. Due to my overseas location, shipping rode was not an option. Could you comment on the best or most appropriate rope to use for the rode and bridle? I was told 16mm nylon, but any preference on 3 strand, or multi plait, or?
Braided type rodes are the easiest to handle and store. You can use single, double, or any kind of multiplait rode. The rodes all behave similar when used with a drag device. You also have the option of using three strand if you like. Three strand only stretches more. And yes, 16mm (5/8”) is the correct size rode for your boat. Remember, we want to maintain constant rode tension on the equipment to reduce shock loading. There are several different ways to achieve this… increasing vessel speed, adding weight, lengthening or shortening rodes.
Hi there Zack wj¡hat´s the difference between Shark and Series drogue what are they for? And the parachute is possible to going forward , the parachute in the transomor is only to keep the boat stopped from the bow? txs Willy
The Shark drogue is a speed-limiting drogue designed to slow your boat down when running with the wind and waves behind you. Improves vessel steerage and reduces the potential for a boat to flip as it falls down a storm wave. The equipment is always deployed at the back of the boat. The Shark also makes an excellent emergency steering device, because you can keep it close to the transom. No chain weight required. The Series is a stopping drogue also deployed from the back of your boat, which dramatically slows the boat. It’s a passive tactic where you go below deck and wait out the storm. Some boat designs can handle weather at the stern, others can’t; if the boat is slowed too much. The para-anchor is a passive tactic like the series. The difference is you slow down even more with the bow presented to the weather. Most vessels handle weather better at the bow. Some commercial fishing boats and the US Navy deploy para-anchors from the transom. Transom deployments are not used for storm survival.
@@ParaAnchors thank you very much for your response. I have to think what is best for my boat, I guess is better to reduce speed , might the shark works. On the other hand , being stopped facing the wind and waves could be done heaving to if possible and the drogue or para anchor could be a good help to do so? Is not easy to decide .
@@nitrolanzallamas If you choose to keep moving the boat, then a speed-limiting drogue is the way to go. Boat design determines how easy it might be to heave-to. Some heavy keeled boats heave-to easily, while others don’t. If a boat heaves-to easily and travel is minimal, then you might not require a para-anchor. If you travel around the world, then its not a bad idea to have a para-anchor onboard. Either way, personal preference is what Zack recommends. “Go with your initial gut feeling on how to handle heavy weather…it’s usually the correct answer.”
Technically, if you are deploying, retrieving, or sailing under a para-anchor or drogue would you be considered 'restricted in ability to maneuver' and should be flying the appropriate Day Shapes?
There are no set regulations for the use of para-anchors or storm drogues. However, if your boat is passively waiting out a storm we would turn on the anchor light at night. And technically you could deploy the appropriate day shapes. Commercial sailors might understand there’s something in the water, but the average sailor may not. Good idea to radio vessels if they potentially could run over your equipment. This is why we always have someone on watch.
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Very helpful to me that you did such a great job showing even the awkward spots in calm seas, and reminding us where the high forces of rougher conditions would create dangers. The Shark Drogue looks like the most practical single device to help control a sailboat in extreme winds.
Smaller devices are easier to handle. Thank you for your comment.
Why deploy the Sea Anchor from the bow? The boat will drift backwards through the water, ... which might cause problems with strain on the rudder and forcing the boat to toss sideways. If deployed from the stern instead, the boat will drift forwards through the water and be more stable.
Deployment is easier from the bow. Stern requires additional practice. Typically, one is under power to keep the boat in the optimal position to avoid the unlikely issue you describe.
The “toss sideways” comment can happen with any kind of deployment method or drag device. Fiorentino’s Constant Rode Tension methodology and deployment methods greatly improve performance of any device. This video goes into great detail, which includes bow and cockpit deployment th-cam.com/video/JNXIHh69Lkk/w-d-xo.html
Nice system . I wonder how many had to undo the lines form the prop.
This is why it’s important to keep your boat downwind from the storm drogues while recovering the equipment. And there were no prop tangles smarty pants.
Excellent video. Really like how you show the rode attachments to the boat. The parachute recovered so fast. So much easier than the series.
Thank you for your continued support. It usually requires only one person to recover the Fiorentino Para-Anchor. The Series Drogue frequently requires two sailors.
Para anchors also have their drawbacks...they've been reported in real world conditions to actually collapse in an approaching breaking wave, so they tend to let you down when you need them most. JSDs tend to not ever let you down in fairly wild sea states, but are a pain in the arse to retrieve. Give me perfect storm functionality over easy retrieval any day of the week.
@@thefreshprinceofbuckingham6096
Every drag device has drawbacks and positives. According to the US Coast Guard report the JSDs have the highest failure rate compared to any other device. All the real world data, including youtube videos showing slack bridle problems and cockpit flooding appear to support the USCG data. Teresa Carey is providing real world solutions to improve the performance of these devices. You should be thankful her honesty can help reduce the high failure rate of the JSD.
Nice Job! Would recommend Fiorentino over any other equipment.
Thank you for the reply.
May I ask what boat you have there please...from the camera angle it looks like a mid "cockpit" which I am always interested in...thanks you
The vessel is a cutter rig sloop. Here's the specs: morsealpha.com/boat/
Excellent video- I learned alot.
Thank you for your comment.
Hi Zack, I have an order for Drogue and Para Anchor, thanks to helpful videos like these. Due to my overseas location, shipping rode was not an option. Could you comment on the best or most appropriate rope to use for the rode and bridle? I was told 16mm nylon, but any preference on 3 strand, or multi plait, or?
Braided type rodes are the easiest to handle and store. You can use single, double, or any kind of multiplait rode. The rodes all behave similar when used with a drag device. You also have the option of using three strand if you like. Three strand only stretches more. And yes, 16mm (5/8”) is the correct size rode for your boat.
Remember, we want to maintain constant rode tension on the equipment to reduce shock loading. There are several different ways to achieve this… increasing vessel speed, adding weight, lengthening or shortening rodes.
Hi there Zack wj¡hat´s the difference between Shark and Series drogue what are they for? And the parachute is possible to going forward , the parachute in the transomor is only to keep the boat stopped from the bow? txs Willy
The Shark drogue is a speed-limiting drogue designed to slow your boat down when running with the wind and waves behind you. Improves vessel steerage and reduces the potential for a boat to flip as it falls down a storm wave. The equipment is always deployed at the back of the boat. The Shark also makes an excellent emergency steering device, because you can keep it close to the transom. No chain weight required.
The Series is a stopping drogue also deployed from the back of your boat, which dramatically slows the boat. It’s a passive tactic where you go below deck and wait out the storm. Some boat designs can handle weather at the stern, others can’t; if the boat is slowed too much.
The para-anchor is a passive tactic like the series. The difference is you slow down even more with the bow presented to the weather. Most vessels handle weather better at the bow. Some commercial fishing boats and the US Navy deploy para-anchors from the transom. Transom deployments are not used for storm survival.
@@ParaAnchors thank you very much for your response. I have to think what is best for my boat, I guess is better to reduce speed , might the shark works. On the other hand , being stopped facing the wind and waves could be done heaving to if possible and the drogue or para anchor could be a good help to do so? Is not easy to decide .
@@nitrolanzallamas If you choose to keep moving the boat, then a speed-limiting drogue is the way to go.
Boat design determines how easy it might be to heave-to. Some heavy keeled boats heave-to easily, while others don’t. If a boat heaves-to easily and travel is minimal, then you might not require a para-anchor. If you travel around the world, then its not a bad idea to have a para-anchor onboard.
Either way, personal preference is what Zack recommends. “Go with your initial gut feeling on how to handle heavy weather…it’s usually the correct answer.”
Technically, if you are deploying, retrieving, or sailing under a para-anchor or drogue would you be considered 'restricted in ability to maneuver' and should be flying the appropriate Day Shapes?
There are no set regulations for the use of para-anchors or storm drogues. However, if your boat is passively waiting out a storm we would turn on the anchor light at night. And technically you could deploy the appropriate day shapes. Commercial sailors might understand there’s something in the water, but the average sailor may not. Good idea to radio vessels if they potentially could run over your equipment. This is why we always have someone on watch.
@@ParaAnchors Thanks for the reply. I've just never heard the issue discussed.
@@williamreymond2669 The issue is occasionally discussed with patrons at a boat show or during a heavy weather seminar presented by our expert.
Watch him , very valuable guidelines.
Thank you for your comment.
Awesome video and well needed by those carrying these devices
Thank you!
Nicely done. Very informative!
Thank you for your support.
Thats why you pay attention and practice. The seas and wind in the type conditions where this would be used will be anything but predictable.
In a storm, all bets are off.
Hove two
If it becomes difficult to hove to, then deploy the para-anchor to help out. Thanks for the comment.