Good anchor watch app?

[BelleSerene]

Currently flopping at anchor awaiting an early morning event. Downloaded a couple of anchor watch apps. I suppose I have become a victim of 21st century technology overload: why can’t we just trust our work and a decent anchor?! Anyway, they’re not brilliant, not what you or I might design as users. Any favourites? Night night.

 

[RichardS]

Anchor Pro is good but is best if you can get someone to press the button at the moment you drop the anchor. Setting the drop position retrospectively is a bit of a faff but once it's done, the app works well.

Richard

 

[[70521]]

I find the Mk I eyeball is pretty good, ensure you feed and water it daily.

 

[pagoda]

I have used an old 2Kg anode with a lot of thin cord. Dropped roughly in the same place as the anchor. The inboard end is tied to the handle of a galvanised bucket in the cockpit. If we were to drag the anchor the bucket falling over/dragging in the cockpit would waken the dead. No batteries required

 

[Big Andy]

I have used an old 2Kg anode with a lot of thin cord. Dropped roughly in the same place as the anchor. The inboard end is tied to the handle of a galvanised bucket in the cockpit. If we were to drag the anchor the bucket falling over/dragging in the cockpit would waken the dead. No batteries required

I like the idea of that, no gadgets involved but don't you get false alarms all the time with clods of weed and other debris snaging the line?

 

[mjcoon]

I have used an old 2Kg anode with a lot of thin cord. Dropped roughly in the same place as the anchor. The inboard end is tied to the handle of a galvanised bucket in the cockpit. If we were to drag the anchor the bucket falling over/dragging in the cockpit would waken the dead. No batteries required

Or tie it to your toe?

Mike.

 

[duncan99210]

I use an app called Anchor. It does what it says in the tin, easy enough to set up. Anchor, note depth and how much rode you have out and work out how far the anchor is away from you, turn app on and then move anchor on app to reflect where the anchor actually is, decide how far outside that you want to move before it alarms, place iPhone by bed, sleep soundly.
Only problem I've found with it is remembering to turn it off before leaving the anchorage...

 

[GHA]

Anchor Pro is good but is best if you can get someone to press the button at the moment you drop the anchor. Setting the drop position retrospectively is a bit of a faff but once it's done, the app works well.

Richard

Another vote for anchor pro Has google satellite view, remembers previous positions, will send sms.

https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.webmajstr.anchorpro&hl=en

Setting position afterwards not too bad, just put in direction and distance. Bits of Rube Goldberg string or staying awake all night to use eyeballs really is faffing!

 

[GHA]

Only problem I've found with it is remembering to turn it off before leaving the anchorage...

Every time! Even when it's on the check sheet

 

[wizard]

Every time! Even when it's on the check sheet

I am so glad to read that it is not just me that has that problem!

 

[Ehecatl]

I find the Mk I eyeball is pretty good, ensure you feed and water it daily.

 

[prv]

I am so glad to read that it is not just me that has that problem!

Me too, with the anchor watch mode on my Vesper AIS

(I used to forget every single time, up to about 50/50 now...)

Pete

 

[Spyro]

Drag queen. It's an app honest

 

[wizard]

Drag queen. It's an app honest

That didnt get upgraded on iphone some time ago and stopped working after an Apple update.

 

[Plum]

Anchor Pro is good but is best if you can get someone to press the button at the moment you drop the anchor. Setting the drop position retrospectively is a bit of a faff but once it's done, the app works well.

Richard

+1

Www.solocoastalsailing.co.uk

 

[RupertW]

I find the Mk I eyeball is pretty good, ensure you feed and water it daily.

You keep an anchor watch all night every night?

We don’t often use an app but sometimes set Anchor Pro is there is a vigorous forecast

 

[Sgeir]

Another vote for Anchor Pro!

 

[Yngmar]

OpenCPN does the job. Drop a mark at your anchor location (or drag it where you think it is), right-click and "Set anchor watch". The option only shows up if your boat is near the mark. You then see a green circle around the mark, at 50m radius by default (can be changed by simply editing the 50m to another number). If the boat leaves the green circle, noise happens. Helpful because you also see the track, so you know when you've swung at night.

Excuse the terrible photo of a screen.

 

[sailaboutvic]

I have used an old 2Kg anode with a lot of thin cord. Dropped roughly in the same place as the anchor. The inboard end is tied to the handle of a galvanised bucket in the cockpit. If we were to drag the anchor the bucket falling over/dragging in the cockpit would waken the dead. No batteries required

Ok well I have to say I tried this lots of years back , we use to sleep in the fro cabin , we used an old flying pan ,
the first night we had some rolling the bloody thing fell of the roof and scared the sh@t out of me , now I use a cheap anchor app .
By the way your posting was pointed out to me by my other half who still after all these years tell the story's of the flying pan at dinner and it never fail to rise a laugh.

 

[Bellacruiser]

Anchor Pro is good but is best if you can get someone to press the button at the moment you drop the anchor. Setting the drop position retrospectively is a bit of a faff but once it's done, the app works well.

Richard

Is this Anchor Watch Pro? Baffled by the similarly named ones in the app store!