[Brian Duff]

i am moving here beyond my direct expirience, as I have never used a sea anchor in conditions as bad as I am descibing. Experts such as Lin and Larry Pardey advocate having the sea anchor depolyed in a manner that allows the boat to sit slightly off the breeze, that she will constantly offer only one side to the seas and reduce sternway thus.

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