Sea Anchors

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Sea Anchors

Where is the best place to tie off a sea anchor on your boat? We have started to use sliders very successfully for fishing especially in the Gulf but its quite rare to get a nice gentle breeze that sets the boat up for a slow drift. The boat a 7m Alloy hard top acts like a sail and the boat drifts bow down wind dependant on the strength of the wind. My question is where is the best place to tie the sea anchor to slow the boat down? The info on web seems to point to the bow but the cab of the boat catches the wind and places the stern into the wind normally

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I have always tied mine at the stern - because then the lines drift out the back - either side of the anchor. If you tie it off the bow and the boat goes bow into wind I would think the lines would run under the boat. Inconvenient.
Where I tie it at the stern - center or a corner depends on the current and which way I want the boat to lie in the drift.
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Thanks Alan, this was my original thought too
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As Alan said.

Bow is for its original purpose to keep a boat bow into the sea in an emergency drift.

Though any secure point can be used for drift fishing.
It needs to be very accessible.

Different conditions, sea state, wind and currents mean one has to adapt.

Try these different points in a sensible sea state to get your drift and cast to its optimum working position.
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Tie it off at t the back. Even from one back corner will do. This means you will drift going forwards and you can troll out the back. If you have an outboard motor, turn it to allow for the sea anchor pulling on one corner to give you a straight drift.

This doesn't mean start the motor, just use it to steer the boat. Works like a charm.
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