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Anchor Riding Sail
Banner Bay Pointer
How a Riding Sail Works.
Riding Sail Benefits and Features
 
Many sailboats are unstable at anchor. As the breeze fluctuates, the force of the wind on the hull causes the boat to swing left, then right, sometimes veering up to 30, even 40 degrees broadside to the wind…gathering remarkable momentum as it does so. The resulting jerk you may have experienced is one of the common causes of dislodged and dragging anchors. The motion can be disquieting to say the least, especially when you are in a tight anchorage, or are on a dicey bottom, or are just trying to sleep.

Similar to the way the feathers on an arrow keep it flying straight, The Banner Bay Pointer reduces this problem. Pressure on the anchor rode as well as discomfort created by a wildly yawing boat is greatly reduced.
 
I.W. Taber illustration of Grand Banks Schooner with riding sail set from "Captains Courageous," by Rudyard Kipling.
 
Seamen have used riding sails for centuries to keep their boat safe when winds build. This is a drawing showing a Halibut Schooner at anchor on the Grand Bank in winter, riding out a gale . It was done by H.W. Elliott and Capt. J.W.Collins for "The Fisheries and Fisheries Industries of the United States" a study undertaken in the 1880's by George Brown Goode, Deputy Commissioner of the United States Commission of Fish and Fisheries. Courtesy NOAA Central Library.