Best iPad/iPhone Anchor Alarm?

[kas_1611]

Originally Posted by colemj

I am so out of date with the new technologies…

Mark

Mark,

Sorry about that. As Churchill once said "we are divided by a common language" :-)

Twat (noun, UK, degrog.)= idiot, muppet, moron, cretin or other degrogatory terms meaning someone too stupid to operate an on/off switch.

"twat nav" is therefore a term meaning a satellite navigation system used by someone who hasn't got the mental skills to realise the system is telling them to drive the wrong way down a one way street or up an unmade mountain track that leads them to a cliff or, as is often the case, sends a delivery truck through a narrow road or under a low bridge only to get stuck. "I was following my sat nav" is the commonly heard defence for such idiocy.

Hope that explains it

Keiron

[colemj]

Originally Posted by kas_1611

Mark,

Sorry about that. As Churchill once said "we are divided by a common language" :-)

Twat (noun, UK, degrog.)= idiot, muppet, moron, cretin or other degrogatory terms meaning someone too stupid to operate an on/off switch.

"twat nav" is therefore a term meaning a satellite navigation system used by someone who hasn't got the mental skills to realise the system is telling them to drive the wrong way down a one way street or up an unmade mountain track that leads them to a cliff or, as is often the case, sends a delivery truck through a narrow road or under a low bridge only to get stuck. "I was following my sat nav" is the commonly heard defence for such idiocy.

Hope that explains it

Keiron

AH, you speak that strange variant of English. In the main branch of that language, the word is twit.

Your word means something COMPLETELY different in the US! A navigation system for which every teenage boy is searching…

Mark

[kas_1611]

Originally Posted by colemj

AH, you speak that strange variant of English. In the main branch of that language, the word is twit.

Your word means something COMPLETELY different in the US! A navigation system for which every teenage boy is searching…

Mark

You mean Queen's English rather than the colonial version across the pond one presumes ;-)

Yes it also means that over here too but if you can't find that without a GPS system then there is no hope for humanity ;-)

Here's another great US/UK miscommunication - a faggot over here is a meatball served with gravy or a bundle of sticks used to light a fire whereas over there it means something completely different!!

Keiron

[monte]

thanks Mark and Mark for the OB tips.
Mark, to zoom in and out with anchor watch, try double tap the screen with one finger and two fingers. It seems to work better than the pinch gesture.

[CarlF]

My favorite is Anchor! on iphone.

It's the only one I've found that you lets you move the anchor location to compensate for the boat's distance from the anchor. This is important if you don't remember to set the anchor alarm at the moment the anchor hits the bottom (and - better - stand on the bow at that moment). If you set an anchor alarm once 100 ft of chain is out, the app will think the boat's moved 200ft in a normal wind/current change and sound the alarm.

Anchor! Does a great job at this. You drag the anchor location as the app displays the distance (in feet) and compass direction from the boat's current location.

I haven't checked other apps in the last year. Have others added this feature?

[monte]

Anchor watch does that as well. You have the choice of locating where it drops by pressing the anchor icon, also by tapping the screen and also by gps coordinates

[tightgroup]

Originally Posted by Snore

I will gladly perform the required test data and supply it in a peer-reviewed response. My cost will be $5000.

Or you could spend $5 and do the testing on your vessel. Me? I spent $5 and tested it. Drag Queen rocks - just plug in the iPhone or iPad.


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Well I would expect the organization that built the app to do the testing ? Is that a strange concept ?? And please do not be offended if I prefer my apps to be fully tested and functional.

[tightgroup]

Originally Posted by kas_1611

Mark,

Sorry about that. As Churchill once said "we are divided by a common language" :-)

Twat (noun, UK, degrog.)= idiot, muppet, moron, cretin or other degrogatory terms meaning someone too stupid to operate an on/off switch.

"twat nav" is therefore a term meaning a satellite navigation system used by someone who hasn't got the mental skills to realise the system is telling them to drive the wrong way down a one way street or up an unmade mountain track that leads them to a cliff or, as is often the case, sends a delivery truck through a narrow road or under a low bridge only to get stuck. "I was following my sat nav" is the commonly heard defence for such idiocy.

Hope that explains it

Keiron

A new social media "I twat" or is that a new device the iTwat..

[monte]

Apps can be very hit and miss tg. That's one if the good things about the app concept. Anyone can make an app, upload it to iTunes and the $$$ start rolling in. Everyone that's downloaded any apps has had their share of useless buggy onesas well as apps that work flawlessly and are free or close enough to free that they are fantastic value.
I've tested all the anchor alarm apps available for iPhone and iPad and half of them are pretty junky and I wouldn't trust them but I still applaud the app system that allows developers to develop an idea from concept to realisation, at minimal cost, without the need for expensive prohibitive outside engineering and testing etc. These developers are basically working on spec,, if they do a good job, they get paid, if not it's back to the drawing board ( more probably back to mums fridge and uporn )
Without this system we would probably be stuck with one or two expensive options, supplied by Raymarine or garmin that would probably be somewhere between buggy, useless and good.
For me it's similar to the musical revolution afforded by YouTube and similar sites, that allows artists to share their music with the world without the need for a huge outlay, additional work and costs to secure a record deal and huge margins going to the record companies. Sure you may have to wade through some crap to find the gems, but they are there

[tightgroup]

Originally Posted by monte

Apps can be very hit and miss tg. That's one if the good things about the app concept. Anyone can make an app, upload it to iTunes and the $$$ start rolling in. Everyone that's downloaded any apps has had their share of useless buggy onesas well as apps that work flawlessly and are free or close enough to free that they are fantastic value.
I've tested all the anchor alarm apps available for iPhone and iPad and half of them are pretty junky and I wouldn't trust them but I still applaud the app system that allows developers to develop an idea from concept to realisation, at minimal cost, without the need for expensive prohibitive outside engineering and testing etc. These developers are basically working on spec,, if they do a good job, they get paid, if not it's back to the drawing board ( more probably back to mums fridge and uporn )
Without this system we would probably be stuck with one or two expensive options, supplied by Raymarine or garmin that would probably be somewhere between buggy, useless and good.
For me it's similar to the musical revolution afforded by YouTube and similar sites, that allows artists to share their music with the world without the need for a huge outlay, additional work and costs to secure a record deal and huge margins going to the record companies. Sure you may have to wade through some crap to find the gems, but they are there

Well taken, however the point I was trying to make is that the notion of reliability , accountability is now a defunct concept.

And BTW most apps are built by organizations who are laughing all the way to the bank. No more risk, no more help desks, no more support teams and commitment to the consumer is out the window..

We should not confuse art and software.. With software I have the expectation that it is well designed , written and I have an assurance that it will work. I do not have the luxury of having free time to test umpteen versions of crappy software. But that just my opinion...

[NorthPacific]

I down loaded it from the middle of Thailand 2 days ago. By the way the alarm works. Nearly fell of my motor bike when it went off!!!!

[colemj]

Originally Posted by tightgroup

Well taken, however the point I was trying to make is that the notion of reliability , accountability is now a defunct concept.

And BTW most apps are built by organizations who are laughing all the way to the bank. No more risk, no more help desks, no more support teams and commitment to the consumer is out the window..

We should not confuse art and software.. With software I have the expectation that it is well designed , written and I have an assurance that it will work. I do not have the luxury of having free time to test umpteen versions of crappy software. But that just my opinion...

Soooooo, again:

Do you have any suggestions of a suitable anchoring app to add to the discussion?

If not, then are you suggesting that using all of the apps currently available is worse than using none at all?

Mark

[monte]

pity the dickhead that just dragged into us didnt use an anchor alarm app, not that it would have helped much as he was on shore knocking back some tea punches at the time. So we have a mooring ball for about $50US/week in Portsmouth Dominica and this charter Lagoon 400 comes in and drops anchor between the mooreed boats in suspect holding. I didnt watch him set but Im guessing the anchor hit the bottom and they grabbed the next water taxi to town. I was a bit sus on it so I turned the radar on and watched it for a while. It wasnt moving in the 25K gusts so I decided just to check it every 15 mins on radar as its too dark to see it (no anchor light or lights on...)
14 minutes later theres a bloody great bancg as 11tonne of condocat makes a direct contact with our bow. OUCH!
We fended it off while swearing at the boat and absent charterers and watched it drift out to sea for a bit before boarding it to re anchor/pick up a buoy. Shortly after the charterers returned and took over, I just told them not to anchor upwind of us again and maybe its a good idea to pick up a buoy for 10 bucks rather than damaging theirs and others...
I asked how much chain he had out in the 5m or so of water and he thought for a minute and guessed..50m? er..I dont think so
Anyway, rant over. be careful out there! and like the old reefing saying goes
'when you have a feeling someone is going to drag into you, they probably will!'

[fairweather1]

Drag Queen for me. However, it is important to note that I use a Bad Elf GPS paired with my Iphone/Ipad for greater GPS accuracy. Without this, Drag Queen works decently, but not good enough for me.
Good luck.

[colemj]

Originally Posted by monte

pity the dickhead that just dragged into us didnt use an anchor alarm app, not that it would have helped much as he was on shore knocking back some tea punches at the time. So we have a mooring ball for about $50US/week in Portsmouth Dominica and this charter Lagoon 400 comes in and drops anchor between the mooreed boats in suspect holding.

You just got to the Eastern Caribe, correct? Better get used to this type of thing - it will be a daily occurrence there until you leave!

Heck, I bet in a couple of weeks this incident will seem like pretty good anchoring to you…

Mark