sea anchor

Example Sentences

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“In the worst storms, we put out a sea anchor,” essentially a parachute; the currents fill up the parachute, and basically hold the boat in place.

From New York Times

Ultimately, he said, a net can so impede the flow of water it acts like a sea anchor — and even a wall.

From Seattle Times

“Spent the night drifting under sea anchor,” it read, “4.5 miles closer to making history.”

From The Guardian

The damage meant that, when Ove dropped his sea anchor to sleep, the boat took on water.

From BBC

A sea anchor that reduces their speed to about 2 knots, too slow to escape a ship.

From Scientific American