Things we hope not to use:
6 Person DSB Self-Righting Liferaft
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Ditch Bag with Watermaker and Epirb
Jordan Series Drogue or "The Sailor's Airbag"
(Drogue and technical information via Neptune's Locker, www.oceanbrake.com)
The series drogue was developed to perform two separate functions:
1. To prevent the capsize of monohull and multihull sailboats in the event of a large breaking wave strike.
2. To improve the motion of the boat in storm waves and to reduce drift
Helia has a 147 cone Series drogue to handle its 30k+ pound displacement. (The 147 cone drogue is rated to 40k pounds, but came with an upsized bridal assembly) Other than the number of cones, the setup is similar in design to that of the drogue described in Figures 4 - 6 below fo the 50k pound Churchill.
Although the drogue is best attached as far aft as possible at the widest part of the stern, Helia's canoe stern dictated that we pick a point 4.5' from the stern to install the chainplates for the bridal attachment to ensure that we still had about 2/3rds of the max beam to work with. The chainplates are about 3" x 3/8" x 22" with 3/16" backingplates and are attached to the hull with eight 3/8" bolts. A 4" tang on the outer plates with a slight angle outboard ensures the 3/4" pin bridal shackle can be attached. The idea is that either chainplate/shackle assembly needs to withstand a "worst case" breaking wave on the quarter that could generate a force of up to 70% of the displacement of the boat, or roughly 21k pounds for Helia.
1. To prevent the capsize of monohull and multihull sailboats in the event of a large breaking wave strike.
2. To improve the motion of the boat in storm waves and to reduce drift
Helia has a 147 cone Series drogue to handle its 30k+ pound displacement. (The 147 cone drogue is rated to 40k pounds, but came with an upsized bridal assembly) Other than the number of cones, the setup is similar in design to that of the drogue described in Figures 4 - 6 below fo the 50k pound Churchill.
Although the drogue is best attached as far aft as possible at the widest part of the stern, Helia's canoe stern dictated that we pick a point 4.5' from the stern to install the chainplates for the bridal attachment to ensure that we still had about 2/3rds of the max beam to work with. The chainplates are about 3" x 3/8" x 22" with 3/16" backingplates and are attached to the hull with eight 3/8" bolts. A 4" tang on the outer plates with a slight angle outboard ensures the 3/4" pin bridal shackle can be attached. The idea is that either chainplate/shackle assembly needs to withstand a "worst case" breaking wave on the quarter that could generate a force of up to 70% of the displacement of the boat, or roughly 21k pounds for Helia.
Alert2 Crew Overboard Alarm
The Alert2 crew overboard notification system consists of a water activated UHF transmitter and a vessel based receiver. The only maintenance is a simple battery replacement once a year. This system provides a one mile maximum range and operating life of a minimum of three hours at -20°C
• It is a dedicated crew overboard alarm
• It starts transmitting when you fall overboard
• It can mark a waypoint position on a compatible GPS
• It will direct you to the victim in the water with the handheld directional finder
• It is a dedicated crew overboard alarm
• It starts transmitting when you fall overboard
• It can mark a waypoint position on a compatible GPS
• It will direct you to the victim in the water with the handheld directional finder