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Post by JohnV on Jun 21, 2019 17:42:24 GMT
Using a seagull ...... a Harley Davidson works much better Perhaps we should get some fireworks rockets and have them on strings attached to the boat and fire them in the direction we don't want to go? In extremis, anything's worth a try
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Post by naughtyfox on Jun 21, 2019 17:44:44 GMT
Sack of coal overboard on a string? The fridge?
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Post by Deleted on Jun 21, 2019 17:51:18 GMT
The other obvious one is a compressed air grappling iron cannon.
The desired outcome must surely be the vessel is secured to the bankside so anything which deliberately secures it midstream must be technically flawed.
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Post by Deleted on Jun 21, 2019 17:55:23 GMT
How about a drogue made from a canvas kit bag...
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Post by Deleted on Jun 21, 2019 18:02:31 GMT
The most likely situation where an anchor is required is in flowing water where the boat is rapidly (or slowly) approaching a bridge or weir and is in danger of being damaged or rolled.
A drogue would have more or less no effect.
Obviously there is quite a strong argument for wearing parachutes and having large human catapults as a cheap version of an ejector seat but getting in a dinghy is more straightforward.
Dinghies are generally cool things anyway.
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Post by Deleted on Jun 21, 2019 18:11:41 GMT
Strike me but I do believe you actually considered that seriously. I'll leave the barking to you in future, promise.
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Post by thebfg on Jun 21, 2019 18:30:53 GMT
To be fair, as a last resort to save a boat from rolling over at a weir it would probaly work if you can get to something solid quickly.
MM. I was thinking of a crossbow that fires a grappling hook.
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Post by patty on Jun 21, 2019 18:50:03 GMT
I think I'd prefer to avoid fast flowing water unless anchor suitable....
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Post by Deleted on Jun 21, 2019 20:39:11 GMT
It would slow you down for sure. But the idea of a sea-anchor is because you are in deep water...
Somebody whose exploits I admire, Roger Taylor, used a Jordan Series drogue and sang its praises. However Susie Goodhall pitch-poled when the bridle to hers broke. Must have been scary.
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Post by Deleted on Jun 21, 2019 20:54:48 GMT
It would slow you down for sure. But the idea of a sea-anchor is because you are in deep water... Somebody whose exploits I admire, Roger Taylor, used a Jordan Series drogue and sang its praises. However Susie Goodhall pitch-poled when the bridle to hers broke. Must have been scary. The Thames will seem like the Marina Trench to Foxy
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Post by naughtyfox on Jun 21, 2019 21:05:10 GMT
Mariana
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Post by Deleted on Jun 21, 2019 21:13:07 GMT
Marina trench is the well known British Leyland controlled area of the Atlantic, named after the 1973 second best selling family car.
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Post by Deleted on Jun 21, 2019 21:13:41 GMT
Which bit of the Thames are you doing? Is it Oxford to Brentford or are you doing the Pool of London as well and going in at Limehouse?
Eta or maybe turn right at Oxford and do Lechlade?. I did Cookham to Lechlade last weekend. Yes it is boring above Oxford but its very pleasant as well.
You might even be lucky enough to meet a mystery TBer up there somewhere but I am not allowed to say where.
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Marina trench is the well known British Leyland controlled area of the Atlantic, named after the 1973 second best selling family car. I thought it was somewhere near Braunston.
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