wrote:
Dear David,
I dont share your confidence in para anchors, read para VS series
drogue at www.seriesdrogue.com the us coast guard does not share your
confidence either,
regards
bryan


Bryan,

Not that you're biased or trying to sell anything

Have you read the "Drag Device Database"? There are plenty of stories
of successful use of parachute sea anchors there.

I talked to the skipper of one of the boats in the boat, the 36' cat
Catherine Estelle. The conditions he described were very extreme. He
thinks a parachute sea anchor saved his boat and his life. I tend to
agree since he's still around. I would rather have the stronger part
of the boat facing into a breaking sea.

Notice in the CG pictures of the Columbia bar that the bow is facing
into the breaking waves and they are powering through them. Same idea
as a parachute sea anchor. In a perfect world I'd have both series
drogue and parachute sea anchor on my boat; forced to choose, I'd go
with a parachute sea anchor.