Which anchor alarm do yoy use???
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I have experience with both of these apps. They are fully functional and have been a part of my electronics suite.
Aqua Map has an anchor alarm on the app. So does TZ iBoat.
Both have charting, and the anchor alarm is a feature.
If it's just a basic app, try Anchor Pro (core features are free). I have no experience with this app. I received a recommendation for it.
Aqua Map has an anchor alarm on the app. So does TZ iBoat.
Both have charting, and the anchor alarm is a feature.
If it's just a basic app, try Anchor Pro (core features are free). I have no experience with this app. I received a recommendation for it.
Maybe its where I have tried but my experience is all phone-based alarms aren’t as dependable or precise as is the chartplotter’s anchor function.
I’ve used Anchor Alarm Pro and Aqua Maps. I prefer Aqua Maps, mostly because I pay for it anyway for the charting, and the full alarm functionality with plotting comes with that. I haven’t had any problems with the accuracy. One annoyance with both is the alarm volume is set based on the phone’s regular audio volume. Keep your audio low before bed and you might not hear it if it goes off.
You don't need no stinkin' anchor alarm.
Well that was fun to write but I guess it's pretty much de rigueur today. But on most of the cruising boats I slept on, you could tell if the anchor was holding by the motion of the boat. On my H356 in the aft berth with the port open there would be a blast of air (Ahhh) when the boat yawed one way and not the other. So I got used to the rhythm of air coming in the port and then not. If that pattern changed I knew instantly that something was wrong. That was my alarm.
The worst night I remember on the anchor with the new to me anchor alarm was when it kept going off without reason. I had it set too close so that the regular swing set it off. I slept very little. Worse yet I set the display on the MFD too dim and even early in the AM, I couldn't see the menus to turn off the anchor alarm. UGH!
Well that was fun to write but I guess it's pretty much de rigueur today. But on most of the cruising boats I slept on, you could tell if the anchor was holding by the motion of the boat. On my H356 in the aft berth with the port open there would be a blast of air (Ahhh) when the boat yawed one way and not the other. So I got used to the rhythm of air coming in the port and then not. If that pattern changed I knew instantly that something was wrong. That was my alarm.
The worst night I remember on the anchor with the new to me anchor alarm was when it kept going off without reason. I had it set too close so that the regular swing set it off. I slept very little. Worse yet I set the display on the MFD too dim and even early in the AM, I couldn't see the menus to turn off the anchor alarm. UGH!
Have only dragged an anchor once and the noise of it dragging woke me at once! It’s a noise once heard is unmistakable.
That's sort of what I'm alluding to. There's an awareness that is part of being on board that is needed. If sleeping soundly with alarms for everything substitutes for that awareness I think the experience of being "Out" is diminished. I get the safety thing. And more and more there are rules. I just don't want to give up my senses to electronics.