[PUP] PPM, Convergence, narrow boats, etc.

[John Marshall]

A flopper-stopper or two would have helped as well... not sure how to  
compare those to a tank for at-anchor roll reduction.

On Nov 9, 2008, at 11:08 AM, Dave Cooper wrote:

> <Mark wrote in part: Re stabilization, I love the roll tank I idea.  I
> believe someone on this list has one.  It seems a bit to good to be  
> true,
> otherwise we'd see them all over the place.  Simple is good.>
>
> That would be us. Last night we had another demonstration of why the
> stabilization tank is good.
>
> Bonaire doesn't allow any anchoring at anytime or place and they  
> have but 40
> moorings which are on a first come bases. Make cruising there a bit  
> of a
> crap shoot. Yesterday we arrived there at 1330 after a 50 mile  
> passage from
> the Aves ( the last group of Venezuelan Islands before the ABC's)  
> only to
> find one mooring left and it was in too close to the seawall for our  
> 60'
> length. Curacao is another 45 miles west but has no harbor that can be
> entered at night in a small boat.
>
> So we motored 15 miles towards Curacao and shut down for the night  
> in 4000
> ft of water. The sea was 3-5' on the beam 4-5sec period with a wind  
> of 10 to
> 14 kts. Swan Song rides very well beam to and makes about .5 kts  
> leeway and
> .1 to .2 forward. We drifted from 1600 to 0700 and made 10 miles  
> north. A
> very comfortable evening at sea and a good nights sleep.
>
> AIS and Radar alarms were set along with our full perimeter  
> lighting. So
> little chance of being run down.
>
> The stabilization tank made this stop possible. Without it we would  
> have
> been rolling out insides out.
>
> Simple IS good :-)
>
> Cheers
>
> Dave & Nancy
> Swan Song
> Roughwater 58
> Hawaii Passage '08/09
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