sea anchor

Example Sentences

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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.

From Science Daily

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.

From Literature

“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.

From New York Times

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

From Seattle Times

“Spent the night drifting under sea anchor,” it read, “4.5 miles closer to making history.”

From The Guardian