I believe it keeps the bow into the wind and or waves to help keep from getting sideways and rolling over, a bucket will help pass as a sea anchor. It will also help slow down (mph) when trolling...
The Bering Sea covers over 2 million square km of the northernmost region of the Pacific Ocean. Its borders are defined to the north by Alaska, the Bering Strait, and northeastern Siberia, and to the...
Normally, the Bow, the head end ( to borrow the railroad term) of a ship., There were some German warships that had an after anchor station, presumably when riding out storms between assignments....