Seawinds were designed with large cockpit footwells. If confronted with a survival storm, we plan to lay to a series drogue, exposing our stern to breaking waves. This makes a strong, small volume cockpit essential. Continue reading Cockpit Footwell
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Dawn Treader Video Tour by James Baldwin
Thank you James Baldwin (atomvoyages.com) for creating this video of the Dawn Treader!
Jordan Series Drogue
For storm management we built a Jordan series drogue from a Sailrite kit. It consists of 107 cones and is deployed from the chainplates we fabricated and installed on the stern. The series drogue keeps the stern oriented to the weather.