Anchor Drift Alarm

[agallant80]

Just wondering but what do you set your anchor drift alarm to? I have mine set to 100 feet but sometimes the boat swings around and trips it.

 

[Bondo]

Re: Anchor Drift Alarm

Just wondering but what do you set your anchor drift alarm to? I have mine set to 100 feet but sometimes the boat swings around and trips it.

Ayuh,.... I'd think you'd need to set it to Twice yer anchor rode scope to stop it from goin' off, because of wind shift,....

 

[H20Rat]

Re: Anchor Drift Alarm

Ayuh,.... I'd think you'd need to set it to Twice yer anchor rode scope to stop it from goin' off, because of wind shift,....

And add 30 feet or so to that number to account for GPS drift.

 

[Captain Caveman]

Re: Anchor Drift Alarm

...but then "take back one kadam to honour the Hebrew god, whose Ark this is"

 

[gddavid]

Re: Anchor Drift Alarm

Unless you are really familiar and confident in your anchoring system, it is a pretty good practice to keep an eye on things after a major swing. An anchor may be tripped and not reset on it's own with a 180 degree wind or current change. And if you are in a popular anchorage without moorings, you want to be sure your neighbor's anchor isn't dragging.