S/T-18 Trimaran, Searunner 40′ x 24′ x 7.5 Tons 28-Ft. Dia. Parachute Sea Anchor Force 10 Conditions File S/T-18, obtained from Steve and Cheryl Bow, Auckland NZ. – Vessel name Labyrinth, hailing port Auckland, Searunner trimaran designed by Jim Brown, LOA 40′ 10″ x Beam 23′ 6″ x Draft 6′ 11″ (3′ 6″ board up) … Continue reading S/T-18 Trimaran, Searunner
D/T-7 Trimaran, Searunner 37′ x 22′ x 7.5 Tons Series Drogue – 120 x 5″ Dia. Cones Force 8-9 Conditions File D/T-7, obtained from Philip & Marilyn Lange, Longwood, FL. – Vessel name Kuan-Yin, hailing port St. Augustine, trimaran, designed by Jim Brown, LOA 37′ x Beam 22′ x Draft 6′ 11″ (3′ 6″ … Continue reading D/T-7 Trimaran, Searunner
D/T-6 Trimaran, Searunner 31’x 18′ x 2.2 Tons Sea Squid Drogue Force 7-8 Conditions File D/T-6, obtained from Donald Longfellow, Garden Grove, CA. – Vessel name Take Five, hailing port Ventura, CA, Searunner trimaran designed by Jim Brown, LOA 31′ x Beam 18′ x Draft 6′ (3′ board up) x 2.2 Tons – Drogue: Australian … Continue reading D/T-6 Trimaran, Searunner
D/C-9 Catamaran, Searunner 44′ x 25′ x 6 Tons Shewmon VP and Shewmon 9-Ft. Severe Tehuantepeccer (Hurricane-Force) File D/C-9, obtained from Captain Fred Yeates, Tarpon Springs, FL. – Vessel name Anna Kay, hailing port Gwenn Island, VA, catamaran, designed by Jim Brown, LOA 44′ x Beam 25′ x Draft 3′ x 6 Tons – … Continue reading D/C-9 Catamaran, Searunner
S/T-13 Trimaran, Searunner 37′ x 22′ x 5.5 Tons 18-Ft. Dia. Sea Anchor Force 8-9 Conditions File S/T-13, obtained from Brian Hunt, Sacramento, CA. – Vessel name Born Free, hailing port Ventura CA, Searunner trimaran, designed by Jim Brown, LOA 37′ x Beam 22′ x Draft 6’11” (3′ board up) x 5.5 Tons – … Continue reading S/T-13 Trimaran, Searunner
S/T-12 Trimaran, Searunner 34′ x 21′ x 5 Tons 15-Ft. Dia. Sea Anchor Force 7-8 Conditions File S/T-12, obtained from Ted and Karen Cary, Weymouth MA. – Vessel name Sequester, hailing port Stuart FL, Searunner trimaran designed by Jim Brown & John Marples, LOA 34′ x Beam 20′ 11″ x Draft 6′ 5″ (2′ … Continue reading S/T-12 Trimaran, Searunner
S/T-10 Trimaran, Brown Searunner 31′ x 18′ x 2.2 Tons 12-Ft. Dia. Sea Anchor Force 7-8 Conditions File S/T-10, obtained from Donald Longfellow, Garden Grove, CA. – Vessel name Take Five, hailing port Ventura, Searunner trimaran designed by Jim Brown, LOA 31′ x Beam 18′ 6″ x Draft 5′ (2′ 6″ board up) x … Continue reading S/T-10 Trimaran, Searunner
The behavior of ships on stormy seas is so hard to understand and so important to be predicted, that it is worth any amount of hard thinking, and painstaking observation, and subtle reasoning we can expend on it. J. Scott Russell We now have drogue files in the DDDB, divided up between a variety of … Continue reading Analysis & Lessons Learned: Drogues
The time to take measures for a ship’s safety is while still able to do so. Nothing is more dangerous than for a seaman to be grudging in taking precautions, lest they turn out to have been unnecessary. Safety at sea, for a thousand years, has depended on exactly the opposite philosophy. Admiral Chester W. … Continue reading Analysis & Lessons Learned: Sea Anchors
S/T-16 Trimaran, Kantola 35′ x 24′ x 3 Tons 24-Ft. Dia. Parachute Sea Anchor Force 8-9 Conditions File S/T-16, obtained from Gary Cagné, Vancouver, BC. – Vessel name Spirit Of Tsitika, hailing port Victoria BC, trimaran, designed by Jay Kantola, LOA 35′ 6″ x Beam 24′ x Draft 5′ 6″ (2′ 6″ board up) x … Continue reading S/T-16 Trimaran, Kantola