Thorstein Midttun and others; Ben had this picture among his group of March '06 pictures on his website at: http://tinyurl.com/rn8tl His rigging doesn't look very sturdy. A sea anchor isn't just for holding a boat in rough water. In Ben's June 9,'05, log he told how he pulled "Idlewild" through shallow water with a "15 foot Para-Tech sea anchor which pulled unbelievably great." A recent log entry of Ben's had this pearl of wisdom: "Pearl Farmers who are just as excited about cruisers as farmers at home are about hunters." Chris Byer, No. Hollywood