anchor watch apps for iphone?

[kashurst]

any recommendations - the chart plotter one is rubbish.

 

[Whitelighter]

I have one called ‘anchor’ which is very good.

Used to text another phone as an alert but iOS doesn’t allow that anymore

 

[Nigelpickin]

Anchor Alarm - Anchor Watch by Florian Kriesche
Happy with this one - it will email alerts - intuitive.

 

[Plum]

Anchor Watch Pro

www.solocoastalsailing.co.uk

 

[oceanfroggie]

I found a battery powered HH Marine gps plugged into 12v socket by the window in our cabin works a treat. Close enough to wake me. The helm chart plotters are too far away from our cabin to be loud enough to wake us.

 

[Deleted User YDKXO]

I use this one https://itunes.apple.com/gb/app/anchor-alarm-for-boaters/id743610888?mt=8 and it works well providing you've got a reasonable mobile signal. If you havent then it gives false alarms as the location of the boat jumps around

I dont know what other apps are like but this one uses battery life heavily and my iPhone SE wont last 8hrs overnight with the app live. I fitted a 12V USB socket next to my bed to keep the phone charged (thanks to Hurricane of this parish for his advice) and that solved the problem

 

[IDAMAY]

Like Nigel we use Anchor Watch and it has worked well for us. Trick is to set a sensible guard zone and to initiate the watch close to the point in the boat where you are likely to need it. In a 50 foot plus boat it could make quite a difference if you initiate the watch at the bow and then locate the iPhone by your bed in, say, the aft cabin, especially if you have set a narrow guard zone.