Thanks for posting this very interesting video! I thought 26 ft yatchs where for coastal sailing and didn't realise you could sail far away like that, I thought you'd really need at least a 28 or even 32 for a mission like that but very well done, great going, impressive to see!
The Griffon is a very seaworthy, small ship. Naturally agile with its short keel and therefore easier to take off course. Well done, although I would rather do without the Jordan with my Contest 38s ketch. With the mizzen, the jib also heavily reefed, the ship holds its course perfectly under full control of the Windpilot Pacific.
I've never had a dedicated drogue system available but have on a few occasions elected to drag a line behind, once with a large fender attached.. they did stabilize the boats and I felt that broaching possibilities were very much reduced.. In your case, retrieving the drogue would have been a huge undertaking.. Would it not have been possible to heave to and take the strain off the drogue while hauling it in ?
I think this is a really useful record of how to use a JSD, particularly as I have one but have never deployed it. Thanks for posting it! One question - where was your retrieval line attached before it broke? To the end of the bridle or further down the main line?
The retrieval line was tied onto the bridle at about the middle of one of the bridle lines. The idea was that the retrieval line would be long enough to bring one of the legs of the bridle onto the winch. So, you start off by winching in the retrieval line and the when the bridle leg is near the winch, you continue retrieving the drogue by bringing the bridle leg onto the winch and winching away.
Thank you for posting this - did I understand correctly that the drogue got caught in the wind vane while hauling in? Would you then rather recommend using the tiller pilot for hauling in?
Actually, the drogue got caught on the windvane whilst deployed. Next time, (hope that doesn’t happen anytime soon!!), I will lift the windvane so that the rudder of the vane is out of the water. That should avoid the bridle hitting the vane whilst deployed.
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Thanks for posting this very interesting video!
I thought 26 ft yatchs where for coastal sailing and didn't realise you could sail far away like that, I thought you'd really need at least a 28 or even 32 for a mission like that but very well done, great going, impressive to see!
The Griffon is a very seaworthy, small ship. Naturally agile with its short keel and therefore easier to take off course. Well done, although I would rather do without the Jordan with my Contest 38s ketch. With the mizzen, the jib also heavily reefed, the ship holds its course perfectly under full control of the Windpilot Pacific.
Thanks for posting. I would be so scared. U seem very calm. Its great to watch and learn.
I've never had a dedicated drogue system available but have on a few occasions elected to drag a line behind, once with a large fender attached.. they did stabilize the boats and I felt that broaching possibilities were very much reduced.. In your case, retrieving the drogue would have been a huge undertaking.. Would it not have been possible to heave to and take the strain off the drogue while hauling it in ?
I didn’t think of heaving to. I might give that a go next time I deploy the JSD.
I think this is a really useful record of how to use a JSD, particularly as I have one but have never deployed it. Thanks for posting it! One question - where was your retrieval line attached before it broke? To the end of the bridle or further down the main line?
The retrieval line was tied onto the bridle at about the middle of one of the bridle lines. The idea was that the retrieval line would be long enough to bring one of the legs of the bridle onto the winch. So, you start off by winching in the retrieval line and the when the bridle leg is near the winch, you continue retrieving the drogue by bringing the bridle leg onto the winch and winching away.
Thank you for posting this - did I understand correctly that the drogue got caught in the wind vane while hauling in? Would you then rather recommend using the tiller pilot for hauling in?
Actually, the drogue got caught on the windvane whilst deployed. Next time, (hope that doesn’t happen anytime soon!!), I will lift the windvane so that the rudder of the vane is out of the water. That should avoid the bridle hitting the vane whilst deployed.
@@rc2706 Thank you, this would probably be a good idea! Good to know - and hopefully you will neuer have to use the drogue again...