In article .com,
"Bob" wrote:

Yes, there is conflicting advice. For example, Hinz in his book titled
Sea-Anchors and Drogues defines drogues as STERN deployed devices and
sea anchors are PARACHUTE devices deployed from the BOW. Even the
people who manufacture Para-Anchor sea anchors refer to their product
as a bow deployed parachute device.

For my money, I'd get a series drogue: A number of small drogues on one
line that seemed to work better in the CG tests a decade or so ago.

We have a rare option: we can unship the rudder to keep it from getting
banged up if we deploy off the bow.

Still, the best way to handle bad weather is to be elsewhere.

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Jere Lull
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