Neeves
Well-known member
For those of you who rely on anchor alarms, specifically phone anchor alarms, there might be an interesting thread on Cruisers Forum that you might want to follow
Anchor alarm app stopped working on iPhone - Cruisers & Sailing Forums
It may turn out to be 'operator' error, an error in the App or something specific to iPhone It may also be something to check anyway.
Jonathan
Alarms and complacency
A few years ago I solicited comments on the frequency with which modern anchor dragged and apart from catching supermarket trolleys and the like no-one admitted that their modern anchor had dragged. I treat the comments with some caution as their does appear to reluctance to admit that ones spanking new (and expensive) modern anchor is not all it is cracked up to be. However we have not dragged either - so maybe my caution is misplaced.
It might be complacency but we are sufficiently confident with out anchors and use of same that we only set an alarm, with the chart plotter whose aerial is 'outside', in exceptional circumstances (and it has a piezo electric alarm added), when we expect the arrival of a major front or we are anchored somewhere with strong tide reversals (not common where we cruise).
We also have a berth mounted compass and when a front is expected we can see the orientation of the yacht, has or has not, changed, is changing, and that the front is arriving.
We thus have virtually no experience of phone based anchor alarms.
Anchor alarm app stopped working on iPhone - Cruisers & Sailing Forums
It may turn out to be 'operator' error, an error in the App or something specific to iPhone It may also be something to check anyway.
Jonathan
Alarms and complacency
A few years ago I solicited comments on the frequency with which modern anchor dragged and apart from catching supermarket trolleys and the like no-one admitted that their modern anchor had dragged. I treat the comments with some caution as their does appear to reluctance to admit that ones spanking new (and expensive) modern anchor is not all it is cracked up to be. However we have not dragged either - so maybe my caution is misplaced.
It might be complacency but we are sufficiently confident with out anchors and use of same that we only set an alarm, with the chart plotter whose aerial is 'outside', in exceptional circumstances (and it has a piezo electric alarm added), when we expect the arrival of a major front or we are anchored somewhere with strong tide reversals (not common where we cruise).
We also have a berth mounted compass and when a front is expected we can see the orientation of the yacht, has or has not, changed, is changing, and that the front is arriving.
We thus have virtually no experience of phone based anchor alarms.
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