michael_w
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Depth of water. Also swap meters for feet and fathoms depending on the chart in use at the time.
Depth Gauge
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meandraft
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Depth under the keel for us. Had a problem last year though when we accidently changed the units from metres to feet. Alarm set for 1m but gets annoying going into Bradwell any where near LW.
lw395
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So no overwhelming majority in favour of either total depth or depth under keel. At least we're aware theres more than one way!
I would suggest labelling the sounder display to make it clear which its set to, but that doesn't work so well with multi function displays, like the B&G I had.
Using alarms doesn't help much imho, as the 'panic' level varies so much. Going into Lymington near LW, half a metre under the keel is good, other places 2m means your not in the channel you should be!
When you get on a different boat, there are so many things you take for granted that can be subtly but significantly different, I need a checklist of 'daft' questions I think!
I would suggest labelling the sounder display to make it clear which its set to, but that doesn't work so well with multi function displays, like the B&G I had.
Using alarms doesn't help much imho, as the 'panic' level varies so much. Going into Lymington near LW, half a metre under the keel is good, other places 2m means your not in the channel you should be!
When you get on a different boat, there are so many things you take for granted that can be subtly but significantly different, I need a checklist of 'daft' questions I think!