SEA ANCHOR Definition & Meaning

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sea anchor

Nautical.

any of various devices, as a drogue, that have great resistance to being pulled through the water and are dropped forward of a vessel at the end of a cable to hold the bow into the wind or sea during a storm.

sea anchor

nautical any device, such as a bucket or canvas funnel, dragged in the water to keep a vessel heading into the wind or reduce drifting

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First recorded in 1760–70

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Using sea anchors, she ensured that those buoys drifted with the surface currents, free from the disruptive influence of wind or waves.

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As darkness fell on the ocean, the three boats tied themselves together, and the Docker put out a sea anchor to keep them turned up into the wind.

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

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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.

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

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