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Old 07-10-2018, 09:48 AM   #37
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Originally Posted by Nomad Willy View Post
Dave,
I just don't see what all the excitement is about.
What's exciting about an anchor alarm?
I have one by the way but needing to access that info away from the boat is silly.
And if there was a need you shouldn't leave the boat.

I wouldn’t say “excitement” but rather it would satisfy my curiosity. I frankly don’t worry too much about the boat. It is in a pretty secure location. If it burns, it burns. If stuff is stolen, I’ll replace it. If it sinks, well, that is what insurance is for. I want to do all that is reasonable to prevent bad things from happening, but 24/7 monitoring isn’t, for me, reasonable.

However, I think it would be cool to be able to monitor the boat remotely. The novelty still hasn’t worn off on my solar and I’d be curious to see how long it takes each day to get the battery back up to fully charged with the refrigeration running for example. I can find out once on I’m the boat, but the boat is 30 minutes away and I’m busy working. I only can get out there on the weekend and this month I’m going to be so busy that even that won’t happen.

So I don’t “need” that information, but it would be fun to have.
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