{"id":23758,"date":"2015-09-10T13:08:48","date_gmt":"2015-09-10T13:08:48","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.bwsailing.com\/cc\/?p=23758"},"modified":"2015-09-10T13:13:10","modified_gmt":"2015-09-10T13:13:10","slug":"sea-test-of-a-jordan-series-drogue-and-a-paraanchor","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.bwsailing.com\/cc\/2015\/09\/sea-test-of-a-jordan-series-drogue-and-a-paraanchor\/","title":{"rendered":"Sea Test of a Jordan Series Drogue and a ParaAnchor"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<div><em>The British magazine Yachting World put a sea anchor\u00a0<em>and drogue through trials in the English Channel.<\/em>\u00a0<em>Note that prices are quoted in pounds and the products tested are available through U.S. suppliers.\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.beneteauamerica.com\/Sailboats\/Oceanis\/Oceanis-38?utm_source=Cruising_Compass_05_2015&amp;utm_medium=banner650x90&amp;utm_campaign=OC38\" target=\"_blank\">[spacer height=&#8221;15px&#8221;]<\/a><\/em><br \/>\n<\/em><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<div class=\"para para_body_copy_-_no_indent\">\n<div>Drogues and sea anchors are designed to slow a boat or allow it to hold station in extreme weather conditions. They can prevent a possible capsize, roll or broach by keeping the bow or stern facing the weather. Debates about the pros and cons are rife among cruisers.<a href=\"http:\/\/www.beneteauamerica.com\/Sailboats\/Oceanis\/Oceanis-38?utm_source=Cruising_Compass_05_2015&amp;utm_medium=banner650x90&amp;utm_campaign=OC38\" target=\"_blank\">[spacer height=&#8221;15px&#8221;]<\/a><\/div>\n<div>In\u00a0Skip Novak\u2019s Storm Sailing Series\u00a0he reveals that he isn\u2019t in favour of streaming warps, let alone using a drogue or sea anchor. Yet there are numerous testimonials from long-distance sailors who place their faith in these devices.\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.yachtingworld.com\/yachts-and-gear\/drogues-and-sea-anchors-we-test-a-jordan-series-drogue-and-a-paraanchor-67260\" target=\"_blank\">Read More<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The British magazine Yachting World put a sea anchor\u00a0and drogue through trials in the English Channel.\u00a0Note that prices are quoted in pounds and the products tested are available through U.S. suppliers.\u00a0[spacer height=&#8221;15px&#8221;] Drogues and sea anchors are designed to slow a boat or allow it to hold station in extreme weather conditions. They can prevent a possible capsize, roll or broach by keeping the bow or stern facing the weather. Debates about the pros and cons are rife among cruisers.[spacer height=&#8221;15px&#8221;] In\u00a0Skip Novak\u2019s Storm Sailing Series\u00a0he reveals that he isn\u2019t in favour of streaming warps, let alone using a drogue or sea anchor. Yet there are numerous testimonials from long-distance sailors who place their faith in these devices.\u00a0Read More<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":23759,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[13],"tags":[681,679,680],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bwsailing.com\/cc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23758"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bwsailing.com\/cc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bwsailing.com\/cc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bwsailing.com\/cc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bwsailing.com\/cc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=23758"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/www.bwsailing.com\/cc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23758\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":23775,"href":"https:\/\/www.bwsailing.com\/cc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23758\/revisions\/23775"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bwsailing.com\/cc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/23759"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bwsailing.com\/cc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=23758"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bwsailing.com\/cc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=23758"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bwsailing.com\/cc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=23758"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}