Parachute anhor

[Morgs84]

Gday raiders,

Hoping to get my father in law a parachute anchor for christmas

He's already got a large sea anchor/drogue but mentioned he might want to get one.

Anyone know much about them, i googled parachute anchors and they look pretty serious,

It would be for a 18 ft boat so any thoughts or ideas would be a big help

Cheers

Morgs

[Slink]

Hi Morgs ,

Why would you need anything more than a big sea anchor on a boat that size ? The parachute anchors I though were for much bigger boats eg trawlers ,if you get into trouble they hold the boat into the swell and therefore much steadier and safer.

Just curious , does he go really wide ?

Cheers Morgs

Brad

[Onajewagain]

Second that!

A sea anchor should slow you by around 70% from the current speed. Any slower just chuck an anchor out!

I've started using a sea anchor over the past 12 months and been perfect. I wouldn't want any slower or faster.

[Morgs84]

G'day guys, thanks for the replies,

Yeah he uses the sea anchor and it works quite well( it is a large one)

Brad he is going to be fishing wide, around the 150 - 300 m mark. so anchoring is not really an option.

yeah the only pics i could find of the parachute anchors are for trawlers so wasnt really sure if you could use them .

How big is the biggest sea anchor you can get? maybe there is a larger one than his available?

just thinking what could slow him down the best,

Thanks again

Morgs

[Little Hooker]

Ive brought a few sea anchors in my life and have lost all of them because we forget to pull them up So our next plan is to buy a decent one from Boating camping fishing place which is $200 which is much larger and more expensive then ones we like to lose. So hopefully that $200 will make us more cautious in the future.