Mention of sea-anchors on Sunday’s show drew quite a response on Twitter, and I was delighted to learn that some yachts still carry them. Like life-rafts, sea-anchors are something you hope to never use but, unlike life rafts, too many sea-anchors find themselves shuffled to the bottom of the lazarette, only to be found by the boat’s new owner and either chucked out or sold at the next nautical flea market. The old canvas sea anchors were a bitch to stow, set, and retrieve but the latest sea-anchors or series-drogues are much more user friendly. I would love to hear from anyone who has used a sea-anchor in anger. Please leave your comments below.
St. Maarten’s Simpson’s Bay Bridge has snagged another! I went out of the bridge this morning and noticed a massive chunk of concrete has been knocked off the starboard support. Worse, the wooden fenders attached to the steel pilings on the final approach to the bridge have all disappeared leaving a series of naked steel lugs ready to gouge the topsides of the next vessel that misjudges wind or tide. The lugs will do more than scratch your topsides; they will peel them open like a can of sardines. Mariners beware!
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