Abstract: A sea anchor assembly for a kayak having two ends and one or more occupant seats, the assembly comprising: an anchor assembly comprising joined end-to-end in succession, an anchoring rope, a collapsible sea anchor, a deployment rope and a float, a ring secured near one end of the kayak, a cleat to releasably secure the anchor rope and the deployment rope proximate the seat, a tubular cover to removably retain the sea anchor therein in a collapsed condition, the cover secured to the kayak between the ring and the rope securing cleat, the anchor assembly extending from an end of the anchoring rope at the rope anchoring through the tubular cover and then through the ring to the float, wherein, with the collapsed sea anchor in the cover, on pulling the deployment rope, the deployment rope on passing through the ring draws the sea anchor out from the cover then through the ring for deployment in water, and wherein, with the sea anchor deployed, pulling the anchoring rope draws the sea anchor through the ring and i