------ Original Message ------ Received: Sat, 05 Apr 2008 06:21:12 PM EDT From: jean-pierre dufour <jpjdufour@yahoo.com> To: malcon tennant <malcom@tennantdesign.co.nz>, PWC <power-catamaran@lists.samurai.com> Subject: [PCW] serie drogue. I thought it would be an interesting debate, First about the superiority of the serie drogue as a sea anchor over the more commonly used parachute. Second about setting the sea anchor from the stern. I thought I had a good case for setting from the bow: here are my arguments and the inventor, Donald Jordan's response. I would like to hear from fellow sailors and from Malcom Tennant. Jean Pierre ___________________________________________________________ Brian replied: I assume you are looking for as many replies as you might get. So can I recommend that you post this same info on several different forums, as often you may get some responses on one forum that you may never see on another. Can I recommend you visit this forum subject thread I started and have not found time to get back to: Parachute Anchors, Para-Anchor, Sea Anchor http://boatdesign.net/forums/showthread.php?t=10448 Would like to have you post your info there and reopen that discussion concurrently. You might even cross-reference postings to heat discusions up I think you will find that I am partial to the bow deployed sea anchor as well. And I believe it is backed up with far more documentation than the drogues. Good hunting thruout the internet community