[Mar78202]

My husband seems to disagree with you and he’s a reading fanatic: First, the USCG has approved small sea anchors for lifeboats, but not for the larger boats. According to Earl Hinz, the Jordan Series drogue is a stern stopping drogue instead of a speed-limiting drogue like all the others. The series drogue places far greater loads on a boat than any other drogue. That’s why Donald Jordon recommends reinforcing the hard points on the boat for his drogue. To be honest, it’s the stopping aspect of the series drogue that concerns us, since we don’t own a canoe stern boat that is capable of taking a breaking wave. Even if the odds are minimal of being pooped.

The Coast Guard does not advocate the use of the series drogue, despite what Jordon’s website claims: “USCG designed heavy weather tactic—series drogue” and the “U.S. Coast Guard thinks the series drogue is better than a para-anchor in storms.”

Here’s what the USCG states, “…the findings in the test report are presented as the opinions of the researchers and not the opinion of the Coast Guard.” And ”The Coast Guard provided a convenient, low-cost test platform…” for the series drogue. It is clear the Coast Guard does not advocate the use of the series drogue or the para-anchor. Drag device tactics are simply a matter of opinion and there’s no evidence to support one tactic over the other.