drogueless

Adjective

1. Not equipped with a drogue.
   • It appears that some buoys, in the latter part of their drift, may have been drogueless based on the results of certain buoys. - 1980, Ecology of the Canadian Arctic Archipelago, page 2972:
   • Attempts to correct the movement of drifters (of the same design as those discussed here) for windage have not been successful, either overestimating the downward movement of drogueless drifters (Kirwan et al. 1978), or...
   • Although a drogueless buoy is affected by wind, some information on mean circulation can be obtained, especially since the drift was during the summer, when the winds are not strong - 1996 April 15, James E. Overland,...