sea anchor

Example Sentences

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It was a six-man orange life raft with a sea anchor inside and no visible marine growth or markings.

From Washington Times • Nov. 9, 2020

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

From Scientific American • Aug. 9, 2013

If the engine fails, tie a sea anchor or bucket off the bow to head the boat into the waves.

From Time Magazine Archive

They found five flares and a sea anchor inside the hatch of the raft.

From Time Magazine Archive

Then they rigged a sea anchor, a canvas cone dragged through the water to keep the boat turned into the storm.

From "Shipwreck at the Bottom of the World" by Jennifer Armstrong