Drift stop advice

[dave craig]

anybody got advice or point me in the right direction about using a parachute type device from my boat to slow drift down on windy days??? few people have said to simply buy a parachute off ebay and use that. I have looked at those things used to reduce the amount of rock and pitch but not sure if they would created enough drag to reduce the drift???
any feedback appreciated.

 

[Norman]

Hi Dave,
Same question came up a while ago on this thread here back in August 2009. Not sure we came to any conclusions but it may give you a few ideas .......


http://www.nesa.co.uk/forums/boat-fishing/28179-drogue.html




norm

 

[dave craig]

thanks for your help norman. that was kind of what i had expected to read, good over large areas of rough ground but not worth the hassle for wrecks. the problem i have is that having not tried the method before i have no concept of how long it takes to deploy and retrieve such a device and the associated hassle of doing so. are these drogues widely available?

 

[kingcod deano]

i just use one of them ton sacks that the builders get there gravel etc in and it works a treat

 

[wildcard]

I think drogues throw up a bit of a paradox.

A drogue will slow the drift best on a planing hulled boat because that type of hull is designed to sit 'on the water' rather than in it, and is therefore more at the mercy of the wind than the tide.

A displacement hulled boat has more of its volume under the water and therefore is more affected by the tide than the wind, so a drogue is far less affective in slowing the boats SOG. Of course one can be deployed to allow the boat to drift in a more beneficial way.

If you own a fast planing boat though, your advantage is in rapid movement between locations, and launching and retreiving a drogue is everything you don't want.

Alan

 

[mark]

sails!

 

[Charlie_Thompson]

Brakes!

 

[wildcard]

submarines!

Alan

 

[Fishery Pokery]

I use a drouge (about 2 ft diameter) to stop my inflatable boat drifting with the wind instead of the tide.
The design I use has a hole in the centre and I have rigged it with a line to the tip, so when I pull it in it inverts, making it much easier.
It works for me, but to stop wind affecting my drift, not tide.
Maybe the type trout anglers use (a sheet type) would work differently.
Geoff