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Fiorentino Rigging Set-Ups
For Trawlers, Sailboats, Sport & Commercial fishing
More Information | Pricing
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Welcome Aboard!
Whether you're a novice or an offshore expert, here's a great place to start. See the full Fiorentino Rigging System at work. To learn why thousands of people never leave home without their boat's life preserver visit why a para-anchor?
Simple Operation
You'll need a Fiorentino parachute sea anchor, a good Deployment Rode and a Fiorentino Trip Line. Simply drop the anchor off the bow of any trawler or sailboat and you're done! Anything you add to the system after this is optional. For example, sailboat owners may prefer to bridle their parachute anchor for a more comfortable ride.
Rode Amount
Trawlers and sailboats pay out 300 to 600' of rode. Sport fishermen will pay out an average of 50' to 100' of rode.
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Sail Bridle
A boat’s stability is achievable through
three elements of balance. These
“Trilibrium Factors” are 1) Sail trim;
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Optional Accessories
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Tailor any accessory to fit your individual boating needs. Scroll down to learn "The Benefit" of each accessory.
A. Retrieval Float
B: Trip Line Support Float
C: Fiorentino Trip Line
D: Weight
E: Para-Ring
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F: Anchor Rode
G: Snatch Block
H: Fiorentino Pendant Line
I: Pendant Line Support Floats
J: Chafe Gear |
How to bridle a multihull |
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Product Accessories: What's it used for? |
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A: Retrieval Float:
The last float marking the tail end of the Fiorentino Trip Line. The Benefit: High degree of visibility allows a skipper to easily motor toward the retrieval float to capture the trip line. Large enough to prevent the para-anchor from sinking too deep under the water when anchor rode is slack. Handy Tip: Your own boat fender may be used in place of a Fiorentino Retrieval Float
The last float marking the tail end of the Fiorentino Trip Line. The Benefit: High degree of visibility allows a skipper to easily motor toward the retrieval float to capture the trip line. Large enough to prevent the para-anchor from sinking too deep under the water when anchor rode is slack. Handy Tip: Your own boat fender may be used in place of a Fiorentino Retrieval Float
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B: Trip Line Support Float
A small float secured in the center of a
floating trip line. The Benefit: Provides necessary tension in trip line to avoid slack. Also serves as an excellent marker to help determine para-anchor depth.
B: Trip Line Support Float
A small float secured in the center of a
floating trip line. The Benefit: Provides necessary tension in trip line to avoid slack. Also serves as an excellent marker to help determine para-anchor depth. |
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C: Fiorentino Trip Line
Used to help in deflation and recovery of the para-anchor. Trip lines vary in length from 50 to 100 feet on typical vessels, and up to 1,000 feet for those with deep drafts and high freeboards. The Benefit: Enables the top of the canopy to be pulled more easily to the boat. Handy Tip: Why not build your own trip line? But, if you don't want the fuss of rigging, you can also purchase a "Rigged and Ready" trip line by Fiorentino.
Used to help in deflation and recovery of the para-anchor. Trip lines vary in length from 50 to 100 feet on typical vessels, and up to 1,000 feet for those with deep drafts and high freeboards. The Benefit: Enables the top of the canopy to be pulled more easily to the boat. Handy Tip: Why not build your own trip line? But, if you don't want the fuss of rigging, you can also purchase a "Rigged and Ready" trip line by Fiorentino. |
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D: Use A Heavily Built Anchor or Add Chain.
All parachute sea anchors must properly be weighted down. To accomplish this task you'll need to add two or three feet of chain to any lightweight sea anchor. To avoid the use of bulky chain, deploy a compact heavy built anchor like Fiorentino's Offshore Anchor. The Benefit: Reduces parachute rotation and prevents shrouds from twisting. Weight placement aids the para-anchor's capabilities by holding it deeper beneath the water and away from dangerous breaking seas.
All parachute sea anchors must properly be weighted down. To accomplish this task you'll need to add two or three feet of chain to any lightweight sea anchor. To avoid the use of bulky chain, deploy a compact heavy built anchor like Fiorentino's Offshore Anchor. The Benefit: Reduces parachute rotation and prevents shrouds from twisting. Weight placement aids the para-anchor's capabilities by holding it deeper beneath the water and away from dangerous breaking seas.
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E: FIORENTINO PARA-RING
® Hardware
Serves as an attachment point for the anchor rode and maintains a wide spread of shroud lines, which enables the anchor stabilizer to more easily self-adjust. The anchor stabilizer rotates and tilts as environmental forces penetrate the canopy and produce potentially damaging energy that is transmitted through the shroud lines to the Para-Ring. The Benefit: In boiling seas and strong ocean currents, the self-adjusting Para-Ring prevents the elements from pushing, rolling, or spinning a parachute anchor out of control, which can lead to a tangled parachute or blown out canopy panel. Para-anchor balance is achieved as the Para-Ring self-adjusts to uneven shock loads that are carried down the shroud lines from the canopy. The tilting of the Para-Ring neutralizes the mixed energy to create an even pull on the parachute canopy. This prevents breakage and chafe.
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F: Deployment Rode
A strong, braided nylon rope that connects the parachute anchoring system to the bow of a vessel. The amount of rode needed during deployment depends on a vessel's response to various weather conditions - usually 10 feet of rode for every foot of boat. The Benefit: Because it stretches under tension, the rode absorbs massive shock loads.
A strong, braided nylon rope that connects the parachute anchoring system to the bow of a vessel. The amount of rode needed during deployment depends on a vessel's response to various weather conditions - usually 10 feet of rode for every foot of boat. The Benefit: Because it stretches under tension, the rode absorbs massive shock loads. |
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G: Snatch Block
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A stainless steel swivel block, with a hinge or sliding plate shell that opens to allow a bight of a rope to pass through. The Benefit: The block's ability to open allows the block to be clamped over anchor rode in the event that rigging a bridle becomes necessary.
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H: Fiorentino Pendant Line
A stiff length of rope with a block at the end. The diameter of the pendant line matches that of the anchor rode. Line length is dependent upon size of the vessel. The Benefit: When attached to the anchor rode, the pendant line can be connected to a stern winch to form a bridle, which is then used to hold a vessel in a heave to position during heavy seas. To position multi-hulls and trawlers into the weather secure the pendent line to a bow cleat. Handy Tip: Why not build your own pendant line?. But, if you don't want the fuss of rigging, you can also purchase a "Rigged and Ready" pendant line by Fiorentino.
A stiff length of rope with a block at the end. The diameter of the pendant line matches that of the anchor rode. Line length is dependent upon size of the vessel. The Benefit: When attached to the anchor rode, the pendant line can be connected to a stern winch to form a bridle, which is then used to hold a vessel in a heave to position during heavy seas. To position multi-hulls and trawlers into the weather secure the pendent line to a bow cleat. Handy Tip: Why not build your own pendant line?. But, if you don't want the fuss of rigging, you can also purchase a "Rigged and Ready" pendant line by Fiorentino.
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I: Pendant Line Support Floats
Two small floats located near the snatch block. The Benefit: These floats keep the pendant line afloat whenever it becomes slack.
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J: Chafe Gear
Wrapped around the anchor rode or pendant line, this chafe protection reduces wear caused when the line rubs against the vessel and her rigging
Wrapped around the anchor rode or pendant line, this chafe protection reduces wear caused when the line rubs against the vessel and her rigging
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Product Accessories: What's it used for? |
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A: Retrieval Float:
The last float marking the tail end of the Fiorentino Trip Line. The Benefit: High degree of visibility allows a skipper to easily motor toward the retrieval float to capture the trip line. Large enough to prevent the para-anchor from sinking too deep under the water when anchor rode is slack. Handy Tip: Your own boat fender may be used in place of a Fiorentino Retrieval Float
The last float marking the tail end of the Fiorentino Trip Line. The Benefit: High degree of visibility allows a skipper to easily motor toward the retrieval float to capture the trip line. Large enough to prevent the para-anchor from sinking too deep under the water when anchor rode is slack. Handy Tip: Your own boat fender may be used in place of a Fiorentino Retrieval Float
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B: Trip Line Support Float
A small float secured in the center of a
floating trip line. The Benefit: Provides necessary tension in trip line to avoid slack. Also serves as an excellent marker to help determine para-anchor depth.
B: Trip Line Support Float
A small float secured in the center of a
floating trip line. The Benefit: Provides necessary tension in trip line to avoid slack. Also serves as an excellent marker to help determine para-anchor depth. |
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C: Fiorentino Trip Line
Used to help in deflation and recovery of the para-anchor. Trip lines vary in length from 50 to 100 feet on typical vessels, and up to 1,000 feet for those with deep drafts and high freeboards. The Benefit: Enables the top of the canopy to be pulled more easily to the boat. Handy Tip: Why not build your own trip line? But, if you don't want the fuss of rigging, you can also purchase a "Rigged and Ready" trip line by Fiorentino.
Used to help in deflation and recovery of the para-anchor. Trip lines vary in length from 50 to 100 feet on typical vessels, and up to 1,000 feet for those with deep drafts and high freeboards. The Benefit: Enables the top of the canopy to be pulled more easily to the boat. Handy Tip: Why not build your own trip line? But, if you don't want the fuss of rigging, you can also purchase a "Rigged and Ready" trip line by Fiorentino. |
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D: Use A Heavily Built Anchor or Add Chain.
All parachute sea anchors must properly be weighted down. To accomplish this task you'll need to add two or three feet of chain to any lightweight sea anchor. To avoid the use of bulky chain, deploy a compact heavy built anchor like Fiorentino's Offshore Anchor. The Benefit: Reduces parachute rotation and prevents shrouds from twisting. Weight placement aids the para-anchor's capabilities by holding it deeper beneath the water and away from dangerous breaking seas.
All parachute sea anchors must properly be weighted down. To accomplish this task you'll need to add two or three feet of chain to any lightweight sea anchor. To avoid the use of bulky chain, deploy a compact heavy built anchor like Fiorentino's Offshore Anchor. The Benefit: Reduces parachute rotation and prevents shrouds from twisting. Weight placement aids the para-anchor's capabilities by holding it deeper beneath the water and away from dangerous breaking seas.
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E: FIORENTINO PARA-RING
® Hardware
Serves as an attachment point for the anchor rode and maintains a wide spread of shroud lines, which enables the anchor stabilizer to more easily self-adjust. The anchor stabilizer rotates and tilts as environmental forces penetrate the canopy and produce potentially damaging energy that is transmitted through the shroud lines to the Para-Ring. The Benefit: In boiling seas and strong ocean currents, the self-adjusting Para-Ring prevents the elements from pushing, rolling, or spinning a parachute anchor out of control, which can lead to a tangled parachute or blown out canopy panel. Para-anchor balance is achieved as the Para-Ring self-adjusts to uneven shock loads that are carried down the shroud lines from the canopy. The tilting of the Para-Ring neutralizes the mixed energy to create an even pull on the parachute canopy. This prevents breakage and chafe.
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F: Deployment Rode
A strong, braided nylon rope that connects the parachute anchoring system to the bow of a vessel. The amount of rode needed during deployment depends on a vessel's response to various weather conditions - usually 10 feet of rode for every foot of boat. The Benefit: Because it stretches under tension, the rode absorbs massive shock loads.
A strong, braided nylon rope that connects the parachute anchoring system to the bow of a vessel. The amount of rode needed during deployment depends on a vessel's response to various weather conditions - usually 10 feet of rode for every foot of boat. The Benefit: Because it stretches under tension, the rode absorbs massive shock loads. |
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G: Snatch Block
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A stainless steel swivel block, with a hinge or sliding plate shell that opens to allow a bight of a rope to pass through. The Benefit: The block's ability to open allows the block to be clamped over anchor rode in the event that rigging a bridle becomes necessary.
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H: Fiorentino Pendant Line
A stiff length of rope with a block at the end. The diameter of the pendant line matches that of the anchor rode. Line length is dependent upon size of the vessel. The Benefit: When attached to the anchor rode, the pendant line can be connected to a stern winch to form a bridle, which is then used to hold a vessel in a heave to position during heavy seas. To position multi-hulls and trawlers into the weather secure the pendent line to a bow cleat. Handy Tip: Why not build your own pendant line?. But, if you don't want the fuss of rigging, you can also purchase a "Rigged and Ready" pendant line by Fiorentino.
A stiff length of rope with a block at the end. The diameter of the pendant line matches that of the anchor rode. Line length is dependent upon size of the vessel. The Benefit: When attached to the anchor rode, the pendant line can be connected to a stern winch to form a bridle, which is then used to hold a vessel in a heave to position during heavy seas. To position multi-hulls and trawlers into the weather secure the pendent line to a bow cleat. Handy Tip: Why not build your own pendant line?. But, if you don't want the fuss of rigging, you can also purchase a "Rigged and Ready" pendant line by Fiorentino.
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I: Pendant Line Support Floats
Two small floats located near the snatch block. The Benefit: These floats keep the pendant line afloat whenever it becomes slack.
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J: Chafe Gear
Wrapped around the anchor rode or pendant line, this chafe protection reduces wear caused when the line rubs against the vessel and her rigging
Wrapped around the anchor rode or pendant line, this chafe protection reduces wear caused when the line rubs against the vessel and her rigging
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