cjones4@hvc.rr.com
Petty Officer 2nd Class
- Joined
- Feb 8, 2003
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- 132
Hi. I'm stumped so decided to ask the experts here. I have an aluminum 18' Starcraft cuddy. I have been using a drift sock to slow my drift while fishing in windy conditions. Also have fairly strong tides. I have used it with the wind and tide in the same direction and in opposite directions. I was tying the sock off to a bow cleat which is slightly off center. The boat never turns with the bow directly into the wind and waves. Instead it turns sideways to wind and waves. I moved the line to the sock to the bow eye thinking that would help it move bow to into the waves but I got the same result... boat sideways to the wind and waves. For fishing this is a minor problem, but I always thought if I get caught in high seas without power and need to ride it out - the thing to to do would be to deploy the sock and ride bow to waves. Now I have no confidence this will work and could even be worse than not using it. I have also tried turning the outboard (not running) in all directions and raising the trim till it is out of the water - all with little or no effect. I am using a long parachute cord for the dump line and have tried varying lengths and tie off points - also with no effect. How do I get her bow to the waves and wind??