sea anchor

He knew that if they did get free from the schooner only an efficient sea-anchor or drag would keep the yawl right side up.

Over and around she went, with a tire blown and the lower rail of the big gate hanging onto the fender like a dry-land sea-anchor.

At daylight we found our sea-anchor and the rudder had both gone.

The sea anchor which Russ had rigged provided the necessary drag and steerage way, and the boat's head was kept to the waves.

Here the sea was calm, save for a heavy but smooth ground-swell, and I took in the sea-anchor and began to row.