What does sea anchor mean?

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Princeton's WordNet

  1. sea anchor, droguenoun

    restraint consisting of a canvas covered frame that floats behind a vessel; prevents drifting or maintains the heading into a wind

Wiktionary

  1. sea anchornoun

    A parachute-like device designed to slow down the speed of a drifting ship or boat.

Wikipedia

  1. Sea anchor

    A sea anchor (also known as a parachute anchor, drift anchor, drift sock, para-anchor or boat brake) is a device that is streamed from a boat in heavy weather. Its purpose is to stabilize the vessel and to limit progress through the water. Rather than tethering the boat to the seabed with a conventional anchor, a sea anchor provides hydrodynamic drag, thereby acting as a brake. Normally attached to a vessel's bows, a sea anchor can prevent the vessel from turning broadside to the waves and being overwhelmed by them. Early sea anchors were crude devices, but today most take the form of a marine drogue parachute. These are so efficient that they need a tripping line to collapse the parachute for retrieval. Being made of fabric, a sea parachute may be bagged and easily stowed when not in use. A similar device to the sea anchor is the much smaller drogue, which is streamed from a vessel's stern in strong winds so as to slow the boat to prevent pitchpoling or broaching in an overtaking sea. The fundamental difference between the sea anchor and the drogue is that the drogue will slow the boat while keeping the heading steady, and is intended to be launched from the stern. The parachute anchor is designed to be launched from the bow and effectively stop the boat's progress relative to the current in an open sea.

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  1. sea anchor

    A sea anchor is a device used by boats and ships to slow down their drift or to maintain stability in strong winds. Usually made from sturdy fabric, a sea anchor is shaped like a cone or parachute and can be deployed overboard, creating drag against the water to reduce the craft's velocity or to maintain its orientation to the waves. It is also useful in preventing a sailboat from turning broadside to the waves and being overwhelmed.

Webster Dictionary

  1. Sea anchor

    see Drag sail, under 4th Drag

Wikidata

  1. Sea anchor

    A sea anchor is a device used to stabilize a boat in heavy weather. Rather than tethering the boat to the seabed, the sea anchor increases the drag through the water and thus acts as a brake. Often similar in design to the sea anchor is the usually smaller drogue which is attached to the stern and intended to slow the boat for better control.

Editors Contribution

  1. sea anchor

    Floating Contrivance Attached to Water-bourne vessel in order to impede action of wind and wave especially in stormy sea conditions.


    Submitted by anonymous on December 15, 2015  

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  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of sea anchor in Chaldean Numerology is: 5

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of sea anchor in Pythagorean Numerology is: 3


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