Bill, When you "heave to" you don't have a drogue hanging off the bow. All you are doing is coming about, but not releasing the jib sheet. The back winded jib is now trying to push the bow in one direction, and you adjust the tiller to hold the boat in that position. Depending on how hard the wind is blowing, you may have to tie the tiller all the way over, or, it may only require a bit of tiller in the other direction to hold your position. At this point the boat is riding quietly and peacefully. No drogues / sea anchors or similar devices are needed to heave to. Just tack and then stop the tack with the tiller with a back winded headsail. For detailed explanations of how and why you should heave to, get Hal Roth's book, "After 50,000 miles" He goes into great detail as to how to manage storm conditions; from the mild to the severe, and heaving to, is the first of his options. He also has a lot of excellent information on their experiences; boat improvements; what works and what doesn't - and why; - and the why is the most useful part of the explanation. Of course, he is talking about long distance cruising in something in the 35 foot range, but his observations pertain to good seamanship practices. It's an excellent text. Connie