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Re: Anchor Watch Apps with Alerts
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03/29/2024 07:24 PM
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MrEZgoin
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Most of these incidents have been mooring incorrectly or inappropriately rather than a mooring failing due to neglect. I see Moor Seacure out all the time and I do think the moorings in regular use are stasticially pretty safe, especially if you're not the biggest boat out there.
Knowing how to tie up, where to tie up and when to tie up would prevent the great majority of these incidents.
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Re: Anchor Watch Apps with Alerts
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03/29/2024 09:16 PM
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Re: Anchor Watch Apps with Alerts
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03/30/2024 08:03 AM
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On the anchor apps, they just use the phone GPS to alert if the phone (and boat) leaves a pre-programmed radius, no communication with the boat electronics is needed.
Certainly not a bad idea as a backup, as long as it doesn't go into the decision making of leaving the boat unattended at anchor or going to sleep in questionable circumstances.
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Re: Anchor Watch Apps with Alerts
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03/30/2024 01:20 PM
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I also use an anchor alarm app. I've tried a few different ones and I keep going back to the first one I used. It has the remote feature so I use my iPad and leave that on the boat with the remote transmision to my phone. It is called Anchor! and I think it is by Pomacanthus??? Make sure your device isn't on silent because then you can't hear the alarm when it goes off. Also, make sure to that the device that the app is on is plugged in as it does drain the battery overnight. You haven't really had a true sailing experience if you haven't had the anchor alarm siren jolt you out of a deep sleep in the middle of the night...only to find that it is a false alarm! LOL!
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Re: Anchor Watch Apps with Alerts
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03/31/2024 07:58 AM
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Caribbeangirl13 - then I've had a true sailing experience! It was about 1:00 a.m. on one of our first charters when it went off (awful sound on these alarms by the way). Since the boat was smaller, I jumped up and banged my head on the ceiling - it was a scene I will not forget running around the boat in my boxers making sure we weren't about to hit something!
For me, the key has been setting the anchor on the app in the right spot - where the real anchor actually is set - so the allowable radius on the app is the true radius or safe zone. On that night, I mistakenly pushed "anchor down" on the app after the boat had settled back 20 to 30 feet instead of pushing it right on top of the real anchor. Therefore, when the wind shifted during the night, the boat pivoted out of the established radius. Think about it, if the anchor is set in the app in the true center of the boat's swing, and you are 80 feet from the anchor, a 100 foot allowable radius should never give you a false alarm.
It's just hard getting the anchor set on the app in the true center when you are dealing with the anchor setting process for the boat. With a mooring, it's obviously much easier. If anyone has any tips, I'm all ears. Happy Easter everyone!
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Re: Anchor Watch Apps with Alerts
[Re: steve74]
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03/31/2024 01:01 PM
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caribbeangirl13
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Steve,
Yes, this is usually my problem as well. I am typically steering when the anchor is being set so don't always have it positioned on the app perfectly.
Last edited by caribbeangirl13; 03/31/2024 01:01 PM.
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