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  1. Sorry heres the research, yeah its all about slippage they reckon, 1.5 knots through the water and then slowing down and getting your ass pulled through the wave when its breaking on ya. She's 75 pages long so have a good cuppa or two with it.
  2. Thanks for all the replies guys, it sure is a topic that one can have a good yarn over and discuss the perceived pros and cons. I've never been in anything over 80 odd knots and we did well running with bare poles so didn't have to deploy anything but we did have a monster of a parachute anchor onboard rigged up ready to go incase (I was sh*t scared of putting it out truth be said). Ive managed to get a few leads from here, tracked down the guy from ozzie (as much as I would rather pay a kiwi haha) and working though some options. A lot of my decision on which one to go with were base
  3. Hey guys I'm trying the source a local manufacturer or distributor of series drogues. It seems like you can order them in from the UK or US but ideally i'd like a local manufacturer. I've been in contact with coppins sea anchors in auckland in regards to parachute anchors but cannot seem to find anyone that has ties to series drogues in New Zealand. Does the wealth of information on this forum have any ideas? Also on a side note, has anyone bought the cones from a series drogue in the packs they sell them for and self attached to 3/4 - 1 inch line before I see that as a option but ide
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