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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?

TIA

Marc

Buy and learn to use a better anchoring system. Let the morning sun
wake you up.


Hear, hear! Exactly correct!

The point of anchoring is to stay put right where you anchored. The
point of anchor alarms is to notify you when you drag. The general point
is you NEVER will have any use for an anchor alarm provided you use
adequate anchors so you can't drag. Using one anchor, sooner or later,
conditions will be such that the anchor trips out and sometimes will not
re-set due to bottom conditions or even odd-ball things such as rocks
and shells stuck in the flukes so they can't pivot or an old tin can
stuck on the point of a plow or even abandoned anchors and chain that
keep your single anchor from doing it's job.

We're talking yachts here- not battleships so the ****** who made his
infantile comments about Navy ships is talking apples and oranges. Go
away!

Now, let's get to the bottom line. Relying on a single anchor and some
loud alarm to wake you up when you drag will not only bother others who
know how to anchor so they don't drag by waking them up too but will
actually encourage the anchor alarm user to use sloppy and inadequate
anchoring techniques.

What is not even considered by such selfish, rude and lazy individuals
is that dragging anchor is not an individual problem. No, sir! When you
drag anchor you can drag into another anchored vessel or into the path
of an underway vessel with the usual result of damage to both vessels. I
don't know about anybody else but this is unacceptable.

Drag into my boat because you anchored inadequately I guarantee there
will be hell to pay. You'll be fully awake at least for a few minutes
before I knock you unconscious. When you wake back up you'll still be
dragging but you'll have to deal with while nursing a broken jaw. I
believe in an eye for an eye and a tooth for a tooth.

Wilbur Hubbard