HeadedToTexas
Guru
Anchor alarm apps and functionality seem to be focused on alerting people aboard the boat that their anchor is dragging. While that is important, I want an app or function that keeps me apprised of boat position relative to my anchor when I am ashore eating dinner or walking around town.
Until recently, I have been using Anchor Pro on my iPhone to keep watch on dragging. It could email me if the boat left “the circle,” but I meant I had to leave my phone on the boat. That has a whole suite of problems.
Now I am learning the Garmin GPSMAP system. It has an anchor alarm function and it has a way to mirror the plotter on my iPhone, but only over WiFi. That ends well before I reach shore in the dinghy. I don’t see a way to extend that mirroring over internet which would make it truly valuable. Am I missing anything there?
Until recently, I have been using Anchor Pro on my iPhone to keep watch on dragging. It could email me if the boat left “the circle,” but I meant I had to leave my phone on the boat. That has a whole suite of problems.
Now I am learning the Garmin GPSMAP system. It has an anchor alarm function and it has a way to mirror the plotter on my iPhone, but only over WiFi. That ends well before I reach shore in the dinghy. I don’t see a way to extend that mirroring over internet which would make it truly valuable. Am I missing anything there?