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Old 02-15-2004
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I''d like to hear from anyone who has made a sea anchor using a surplus parachute.
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Hi, Have you read "Drag Device Data Base"? If you haven''t,it has many first hand accounts of surplus parachutes being used as sea anchors.
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See my reply to your other post in another catgegory.

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