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Easy to Deploy and Retrieve
Excerpt from
the
June 2003
OCC School of Sailing and Seamanship College
Safety at Sea Seminar
by Zack Smith
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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 Anchor
Simply
drop the unit 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 Rode
In calm conditions pay out very little
deployment rode to maintain rope tension. In
storms pay out at least 50% of your deployment rode
to maintain rope 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. |
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4. 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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5. 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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6. 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. |
