Are these boats any good ?
They now have inbuilt sabaisers ,
They also come with A droge . To slow them down when drifting .
are these droges effective ? Is there any down side to using them .
i saw one for sail . But it was already sold In waterfond .
It was on Done Deal .
I would appreciate any feed Back Thanks .
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Re: refin boats
Don’t know about the boat you mention but I been reading and thinking about making a drogue for some time but never got round to actually getting one,
Last season I was out and getting pushed along by an NW wind which really made the fishing uncomfortable and a little scary when the waves started splashing in from the side and over the transom,
Couldn’t keep the nose into the waves and enjoy fishing at the same time so I tied a 10lt bucket to bout 30ft of rope and tied it to the nose and slowly but surely the nose turn and stayed pointing into the waves which in turn slowed my drift making it a lot easier to fish,
So ya I would say a drogue has its use’s and I intend to make a couple up of different sizes to test out in the coming months,
The bucket worked fine until the handle snapped off but it proved to me that it works and all I need is a small drogue for my boat,
I hear Hanging them from the back or side can swamp you from a following wave, keep a good sharp knife near your rope just in case,
Last season I was out and getting pushed along by an NW wind which really made the fishing uncomfortable and a little scary when the waves started splashing in from the side and over the transom,
Couldn’t keep the nose into the waves and enjoy fishing at the same time so I tied a 10lt bucket to bout 30ft of rope and tied it to the nose and slowly but surely the nose turn and stayed pointing into the waves which in turn slowed my drift making it a lot easier to fish,
So ya I would say a drogue has its use’s and I intend to make a couple up of different sizes to test out in the coming months,
The bucket worked fine until the handle snapped off but it proved to me that it works and all I need is a small drogue for my boat,
I hear Hanging them from the back or side can swamp you from a following wave, keep a good sharp knife near your rope just in case,
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Re: refin boats
Thanks for info On droges .
Much appreciated
Much appreciated
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Re: refin boats
i think you might mean Redfinn Boats, if so have a look here
http://www.redfinnboats.com/6m.html

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