Marc Heusser wrote:
In article ,
Wayne.B wrote:

On Wed, 29 Aug 2007 14:41:28 +0200, Marc Heusser
alid wrote:

My GPS has a nice featu anchor watch, including an alarm output
(also for other alarms) to drive a relay (0.5 A maximum).

What do you connect that will wake you under all circumstances?

You should connect the largest high quality anchor that you and your
boat can handle, sufficient chain and line for your water depth (at
least 5 to 1 scope at high tide), ensure the anchor is well set by
backing down hard on it with the engine, and go to sleep. If you do
that faithfully you will be OK in all but the strongest wind squall,
and trust me on this, that *will* wake you up.

Well thanks all - I did not expect the full lecture on how to anchor.
I tend to be rather thorough on that (with the exception of diving -
sorry, I can't).
I did not have the intention of replacing good anchoring practice with
the GPS, it is just that I tend to be very careful and use all
available devices to ensure safety if I can.

Marc

Marc,

I use Oziexplorer's excellent anchor-watch facility, and make sure the
volume on my laptop is turned up full. You can also add speakers to the
laptop or connect the boat's hi-fi speaker to the laptop. The laptop has
more facilities than a GPS, and is therefore safer, so long as you have
plenty of battery capacity.....................!

Dennis.