![]() We wired in a piezo electric alarm, and if you are sleeping so lightly to hear a normal alarm - you may as well get up and have a look. ![]() ![]() Anchor alarms are also unobtrusive (and even more so if your instruments are at the helm and your berth in the bow). ![]() The major problem with chart plotter (or instrument derived alarms) - you need a decent battery bank - unless you have a big solar array, windgen, generator or willing to run your engines (which is a bit contradictory if you are in quiet anchorage). We used to use our chart plotter (with an offset facility for the anchor position) but once we had grown confidence in both the anchor, the ancillary kit and our ability to judge the anchorage we no longer bother. We are unlikely to climb a 750m high hill if a front is forecast - not because we don't trust the kit but hill climbing with a front seldom has the pleasure of choosing a more conducive day. There would not be much point in sailing to many of the places people desire - if you are tied to your yacht and cannot leave it for a decent period of time and explore the hinterland. Alarms are fine but if you want to climb a hill and it takes all day - then an alarm is really not much use - you need to have a reliable anchor (and be confident in your technique and choice of anchorage). ![]() We seldom set an anchor alarm, we find our anchor reliable. ![]()
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