dddbquestion heavy weather

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If you have had occasion to use a sea anchor or drogue in heavy weather, complete the following questionnaire and submit for inclusion in the Drag Device Database. Please try to be accurate and please try not to exaggerate -- place a question mark in the box if you are uncertain about anything. You can print this form using the file menu "Print" command or send it via the Internet. Alternatively, you can receive a printed copy of the DDDB form by fax or mail and fill that out. Call 1-800-350-7070 if you would prefer a hard copy.

NAME:

Address (confidential):

City: State: Zip/Postal Code:

Country: Telephone (confidential):

email: Age: (confidential):

Accumulated sea miles (approx):

VESSEL NAME:

Hailing Port:

Make/Type/Class:

Designer:

LOA: LWL: Beam:

Displacement: Draft: Rig:

Center cockpit? Canoe stern? Keel:

Rudder:

Tiller or wheel? Bowsprit? Folding prop? Self steering (type)?

DRAG DEVICE:

Manufacturer: Diameter/size:

RODE DIAMETER: Type: 3-strand braid

Rode length: Bridle arms (each):

Swivel (type/size): Trip-line used?

DEPLOYED DURING:
Weekend sail? Racing? Coastal passage? Ocean passage? Circumnavigation?

WAYPOINTS:
From: To:

ADVERSITY (no exaggerations please):

TROPICAL STORM (name)?

HURRICANE (name & category)?

Date of deployment (mm/dd/yy): Latitude: Longitude:

Approx. depth of water:Duration of time at sea anchor or drogue:

Barometer (millibars or inches): Wind Force (Beaufort):

Sustained (knots): Gusting to (knots): Wind direction (blowing from):

Any currents (flowing towards ? @ ? knots)?

SEA STATES:
Average wave height (in feet):Significant wave height (higher average):

Wave period: Wave length (crest to crest):

Angle of yaw (side to side, total arc):

How many miles did the boat drift at sea anchor? Drift confirmed by Satnav?Yes No

Any genuine rogue waves? (Explain). Provide a few paragraphs of other opinions and observations as well:

STATEMENT OF RELEASE (necessary for publication):
Yes, I (name) give you my permission to release and publish my feedback. Conditions of release (if any): DATED: SIGNED (if sending by mail or fax) _____________________ A paragraph or two (or more) of additional written feedback would be helpful. Just looking at a completed form it is difficult to ascertain why the drag device was deployed, for example. Was it deployed because the yacht was being overwhelmed? Because the crew was tired and needed to call time out? Was deployment easy? What were sea states and conditions like? Was the ride comfortable? Was chafe a problem? What was the crew's main worry or concern? Did the sea anchor do an adequate job of pulling the bow up into the seas? Did the drogue slow the boat down enough? Did it slow it down too much? Could the yacht be steered with the drogue in tow? Was the drogue deployed directly off the stern or off a quarter? Was retrieval easy? Did the drag device save the boat and crew? Feel free to provide any and all opinions, observations and suggestions.

THANK YOU FOR YOUR CONTRIBUTION TO OFFSHORE SAFETY!

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