"I have fished a lot of tournaments in multiple conditions, but after we deployed the
sea anchor it really helped with the extreme conditions we encountered," said Watson.
A check to see that the
sea anchor is streaming correctly is now a priority and thereafter maintaining the raft, familiarising everyone with the contents of the emergency pack, watching for rescuers and achieving best possible comfort levels for all on board will become the ongoing routine.
Straining from my horizontal position on my bunk, I saw that the
sea anchor had gone from the front of the boat.
Ardent, activist promoters of airpower saw in Patrick a
sea anchor to progress.
With my hands warmed by the inflatable gloves, I was able to regain dexterity and continued to deploy my
sea anchor. I then donned an insulated hood, inflated the bottom and wind guards of my single-man raft, started to remove some of the water from the raft, and prepared my signaling devices.
Some sort of conservative movement may prove useful, much like a
sea anchor during turbulence, for steadying the vessel of culture.
At night we put out the
sea anchor and squeeze into the cabin.
Minutes after my
sea anchor filled, we had a big king six feet in the air.
with no steering and no emergency steering (our spinnaker pole formed an integral part of this) we had little choice but to lay off a
sea anchor and convey our situation to the race authorities.
Katy Marriott-Payne of Wellingborough bought Oakville Paris (B mare, PS2,000), Marged Simons of Narberth bought Thistledown
Sea Anchor (B gelding, PS1,750), India Latter of Llandysul bought Rhoson Shanco (B colt, PS1,200).
He was bound to start at odds-on for a second Gold Cup after that although he had to contend with the high-class Crash Course and
Sea Anchor, who came to Ascot in peak form.
HOLD STILL: Jonathan Pyrce in The
Sea Anchor SERIOUS START: A young Jonathan Pryce at the Everyman in the 1970s ALL STAR CAST: The Everyman theatre production of the Country Wife which starred top row, Elizabeth Estensen, middle row, Nick Stringer, Cenghis Saner, Helen Brammer.