🔍 Key Concepts

• Function and purpose of a sea anchor or drogue on survival craft • How a lifeboat maintains the best heading relative to the seas to reduce capsizing risk • Difference between an anchor that holds position on the seabed vs. a device that controls drift on the surface

💭 Think About

• Ask yourself: Is a sea anchor meant to reach and hold on the bottom, or is it used in heavy weather at the surface to control the boat’s motion? • Visualize the shape of a typical drogue/sea anchor and how that shape would affect the way water flows and slows a drifting craft. • Which option describes something that would keep the lifeboat from turning broadside to the waves and instead keep one end pointed into the seas?

✅ Before You Answer

• Verify whether a sea anchor normally rests on the seabed or operates in the water column at the surface. • Check which option correctly describes a shape and purpose that would slow drift and stabilize heading in waves. • Confirm that the sea painter is a separate line used for other purposes and not part of the sea anchor itself.