Sea Anchor Setup

[stevea]

stevea what I need to know is what lenght of line do you use from the drogue to the boat, ...

All depends on the day, normally as little as possible eg 4meters, however if a bit choppy would use 10meters max.

[Hornet Rider]

This is what I have got. Title of Thread = Sea Anchor so thats what I thought we were looking at. I dont know much about the Para-Anchors/drouge, too big an cumberson for what I do.

I need something thats very quick to pull up and throw out otherwise drift fishing becomes a pain.

Sea Anchor Size M - Suitable up to 20' $14.95
http://www.whitworths.com.au/main_it...AbsolutePage=1

I find this sea anchor usefull for slowing the drifts accross reefs, I was side by side another boat on a reef a while ago, using my sea anchor and the other boat was drifting a lot faster than me and I reckon my boat had more windage .

stevea, thanks for clearing that up mate. I'm no expert but that's more of a drogue, albeit commercially named 'Sea Anchor'. Sounds like it does the trick for you when used as a fishing aid to slow your drift.

cheers, Mark

[stingau]

The $14.95 is the one that I have purchased was hoping that setup instructions came with it but for $14.95 I suppose you cant complain.

I intend to use it for drift fishing in the bay so by attaching a 10m main line to it should do the trick.... While looking arround google I also came across the info that it should be 4.5 times the wave set.

So a 10m line should do the trick ill mark it at 5m as well so I can shorten it when req.

I still feel 2 or 3 m deep should be sufficent so its now a matter of setting it up, finish the rebuild which is almost done just mount the pedestals and replace the canopy and get out and try it.

[Hornet Rider]

stingau, hope you get a fix on the water soon, & hope the drogue works as planned.

[Mr__Bean]

I had a drogue type that I used to use on my previous boat, it didn't hold as good as I would have liked so I closed the small end by threading some fishing line through it (like stitching) and pulling it tight.

It made a big difference.

- Darren