How to Deploy and Retrieve
Using
Fiorentino's
"Short Length Rode Formulas"
in changing sea states ("Rode Adjustments"
)
by Zack Smith
Excerpts
from the June 2003
OCC School of Sailing and
Seamanship College, Safety at Sea
Seminar. Replacement photos provided by Mike
Munson.
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1.
Deploy Trip Line
Deploy
the trip line off the windward
side of your boat. Allow your vessel to
drift away from the
recovery line until it’s elongated.
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2.
Deploy Para-Anchor
Simply drop the parachute
anchor off the windward side of your
boat. Fiorentino's patented
design and heavier materials immediately
launch
the para-anchor underwater.
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3. Deploy
Anchor Rode
In calm conditions pay out very
little deployment rode to
maintain
"constant rode tension."
In storms pay out at least
50% of your deployment rode to
maintain "constant rode tension."
Secure your deployment rode around a
cleat to fully inflate the
para-anchor. Whenever your vessel
starts to jerk unnaturally pay out
more rode
until that motion stops. more
on rode lengths
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1.
Hook It
Motor toward the retrieval float
located at the end of a trip line.
Collect the float with a boat hook.
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2. Pull It
Just pull the
float line and the chute closes like
an umbrella as the anchor rises from
the depths.
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3. Retrieve it
The para-anchor
returns with virtually no resistance.
And, two minutes later your para-anchor
is packed with Fiorentino's Fast-PAK bag.
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Deployment
Video
Retrieval Video
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