- 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...
- them.
Vessels carry one or more
temporary anchors,
which may be of
different designs and weights. A
sea anchor is a drag device, not in
contact with the...
- Look up
anchor in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. An
anchor is a
device that
attaches to the
sea bottom to
prevent a boat from drifting.
Anchor may also...
- water. An
alternative device is the
sea anchor which is
streamed from the bows. The
advantage of the
sea anchor is that the bows of a
yacht are invariably...
- are used
entirely for
generating a
holding force like a
sea anchor does.
While a
sea-
anchor allows a
vessel to
drift more
slowly downwind, the paravane...
- oil. When the
sea-
anchor was streamed,
especially in high
seas, the wind and wave
action would blow the boat
downwind leaving the
sea-
anchor up to windward...
- a line
attached to a
kedge anchor, a
sea anchor, or a
fixed object, such as a
bollard or tree. In
small boats, the
anchor may be
thrown in the intended...
- centers, with the
sea anchor to the left and the
river anchor on the right. They
reflect the fact that the city has both
river and
sea ports. The scepter...
-
roles in The
Taming of The Shrew, The
Country Wife, Ted Whitehead's The
Sea Anchor and Mike Stott's
Funny Peculiar.[when?] Her
television career started...
-
anchor is a
nautical term
indicating the
final preparation of a
sea vessel for
getting underway.
Weighing anchor literally means raising the
anchor of...
