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You would never tow so close that it would become a risk unless manouverering the disabled vessel in close quarters, and then it usually is preferable to tie th

You would never tow so close that it would become a risk unless manouverering the disabled vessel in close quarters, and then it usually is preferable to tie the vessels alongside each other. You can see the distances they chose in this particular case in the third image from their Instagram post. https://www.instagram.com/p/CryES46tgWl/?igshid=NTc4MTIwNjQ2YQ== https://www.instagram.com/p/CryES46tgWl/?igshid=NTc4MTIwNjQ2...

zhrvoj 3y ago
Sail boat towing other boats (similar loa) should attach towing line close to her center of effort. Think like attaching towing line to the mast foot. Not on the stern. Not an easy task to do. That's why many sailors just use any stern cleat. And the towed boat should attach towing line not to the bow, but also to the center of effort. Then both boats can manouver. I also lost rudder blade, on the 10m sailboat, in the middle of Adriatic sea, 2005, during regatta, in 35kt NE wind and 3m waves. Not possible to steer anyhow. Tryed to improvize rudder, but we almost lost a crewman. We were on 2nd reef already. SAR came. Since there was no rudder on my boat, attaching towing line to bow was only option. My towed sailboat course was changing +-30 degrees every few minutes, and finally towing line broke loose because of the forestay chaffing.
roflyear 3y ago
Yeah and that's further than it looks. I doubt the smaller vessel would have enough line on board to reach that! It's really far. Of course with two boats easy to find enough line.
- Gwypaas 3y ago
  For commercial vessels like Götheborg they usually bring many hundreds of meters of mooring lines. Easy to get 20-30m runs on several lines when mooring.
  - roflyear 3y ago
    yeah makes sense. That is least a few hundred meters! Unless I were to start using halyards, I probably do not have more than 300' of line on my boat, which is really way more than I need for a smaller boat.
    - Gwypaas 3y ago
      Yep, and the Götheborg have hand spun tarred hemp for all the running rigging so using that as a towline is a no go.

zhrvoj 3y ago

Sail boat towing other boats (similar loa) should attach towing line close to her center of effort. Think like attaching towing line to the mast foot. Not on the stern. Not an easy task to do. That's why many sailors just use any stern cleat. And the towed boat should attach towing line not to the bow, but also to the center of effort. Then both boats can manouver. I also lost rudder blade, on the 10m sailboat, in the middle of Adriatic sea, 2005, during regatta, in 35kt NE wind and 3m waves. Not possible to steer anyhow. Tryed to improvize rudder, but we almost lost a crewman. We were on 2nd reef already. SAR came. Since there was no rudder on my boat, attaching towing line to bow was only option. My towed sailboat course was changing +-30 degrees every few minutes, and finally towing line broke loose because of the forestay chaffing.

roflyear 3y ago

Yeah and that's further than it looks. I doubt the smaller vessel would have enough line on board to reach that! It's really far. Of course with two boats easy to find enough line.

Gwypaas 3y ago
For commercial vessels like Götheborg they usually bring many hundreds of meters of mooring lines. Easy to get 20-30m runs on several lines when mooring.
- roflyear 3y ago
  yeah makes sense. That is least a few hundred meters! Unless I were to start using halyards, I probably do not have more than 300' of line on my boat, which is really way more than I need for a smaller boat.
  - Gwypaas 3y ago
    Yep, and the Götheborg have hand spun tarred hemp for all the running rigging so using that as a towline is a no go.