Sea anchor
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SEA ANCHOR: Any device used to reduce a boat's drift before the wind.
SEA COCK: A through hull valve, a shut off on a plumbing or drain pipe between the vessel's interior and the sea.
SEA ROOM: A safe distance from the shore or other hazards.
sea anchor
A canvas, cone-shaped device deployed to keep the bow headed into the wind to help safely ride out a storm. Also called a drogue.
sea cock
Through-hull fitting with a valve between the interior and the exterior of the boat.
sea anchor
A drogue designed to bring a boat to a near stop in heavy weather. Typically a sea anchor is set off of the bow of a boat so that the bow points into the wind and rough waves.
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sea anchor - Canvas, shaped in the form of a parachute, to keep the ship's bow or stern to the seas in open water to prevent broaching and reduce drift. A conical or parachute shaped open ended device attached to the ship by bridle and line.
Sea AnchorAny device used to reduce a boat's drift before the wind.
SecureTo make fast.
ShackleA "U" shaped connector with a pin or bolt across the open end.
sea anchor
A device used to limit drifting far from shore. Often used when riding out storms, it is a parachute deployed off the bow at the end of a line to keep the bow pointed into the waves. Sometimes "storm anchor". See storm. Compare with drogue.
SEA ANCHOR-A drag device (usually a conical canvas pocket held open by a metal hoop, but a canvas bucket in Tinkerbelle's case) used to keep the boat headed into the wind and waves while it is not under way, especially during heavy weather.
Sea Anchor - A long line from the bow to a heavy fabric cone that is slightly submerged. Holds the bow into the wind and reduces drift up to 90%. Large opening should be 1 inch for each foot of a boats waterline ...
The sea anchor consists of a hinge-jointed galvanized ring about three feet in diameter. A conical bag made of stout canvas is sewed to the ring and roped, as shown in sketch. A bridle is fitted to the ring, to which the riding hawser is bent.
Use of a sea anchor off the bow : Sea anchors are essentially large drogues. Initially, many were made from military parachutes and are often referred to as parachute anchors.
Drogue A sea anchor - a cone shaped canvas bag to which the vessel lies in heavy weather to keep the bow pointing into the waves, or towed from the stern to slow the speed when running.
To sink a ship in order to prevent others from boarding or using her scuttlebutt Gossip sea anchor A drag, usually made of canvas, ...
DROGUE - Object streamed from boat to decrease speed, sea anchor.
FAIRLEAD - Fitting to route control lines or cables.
FAIRWAY - Marine thoroughfare.
FATHOM - A unit of length used in measuring water depth. One fathom is 6 feet.
There are many other cases where oil may be used to advantage -- such as lowering and hoisting boats, riding to a sea anchor, crossing rollers or surf on a bar, and from lifeboats and stranded vessels. Thick and heavy oils are the best.
If the engine stops, drop a “sea anchor' on a line off the bow to keep the bow headed into the wind and reduce drifting while you ride out the storm. In an emergency, a bucket will work as a sea anchor.
Another device you can deploy in such a situation is a sea anchor. This is actually a parachute-like device that will deploy and nearly stop the boat--even head to waves and wind. As such, it is used in more extreme conditions.
Vessel Storm Survival - sea anchors, drouges & rode
Man Overboard - Lifesling, Marker, Throw ring, whistle
Abandon Ship Bag Supplies - emergency equipment ...
drogue
A parachute-like sea anchor.
dry weight
Weight of the boat without fuel and fresh water.
Any object used to increase the drag of a boat. Typically shaped like a parachute or cone opened underwater, drogues slow a boat's motion in heavy weather. Also see sea anchor.
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The yawl's mizzen must be strongly stayed so the sail can be set to balance the jib in heavy weather and, in a real gale, to keep the yacht head-to-wind with a sea anchor off the bow.
Drogue:
Any object used to increase the drag of a boat and slow her down. Typically shaped like a parachute or cone opened underwater, drogues decrease a boat's speed in heavy weather. Also see sea anchor.
Also see sea anchor.
Dry Cargo - Merchandise other than liquid carried in bulk.
Dry Dock - A dock into which a vessel is floated, which when raised lifts the boat out of the water.
 See also: Anchor, Boat, Wind, Hull, Sailing
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