Bill, You are right. The circle is drawn from your current position at a selectable (settable) radius. I don’t know of any way to move the centre of that circle (to where you want it to be). The only option I can imagine at this moment is to move the boat to the anchor and set the alarm there. Of course, it makes little sense.
However, if you are prepared for that operation ahead of the time, you can set the alarm, when you are dropping the anchor. It should be a simple operation of pressing a key or two. Even if the boat is moving slowly, a few metres this or that way should not matter (unless your anchorage is that tight). Marek From: Burt Stratton via CnC-List Sent: Wednesday, December 03, 2014 12:34 PM To: 'Bill Bina - gmail' ; cnc-list@cnc-list.com Subject: Re: Stus-List OMG! We're dragging! Not sure about the details of operation. If you can’t choose the center of the radius on the display you might need to put the boat close to the anchor and then set the alarm. I only used mine a few times. The radius if I remember correctly was set as a distance from the starting point, not dragged on the screen but again, I am just not sure… Memory is the second thing to go and I forget what the first is. From: CnC-List [mailto:cnc-list-boun...@cnc-list.com] On Behalf Of Bill Bina - gmail via CnC-List Sent: Wednesday, December 03, 2014 11:55 AM To: cnc-list@cnc-list.com Subject: Re: Stus-List OMG! We're dragging! I have several Garmins of various ages, including a GPSMAP76s, a GPSMAP 276c and a GPSMAP 541. I'll have to take another look at them. I want the circle drawn around where the anchor is located, not around the boat's present position when I set the alarm. This would be done while looking at the chart, so you could start at the anchor location and drag out a perimeter from there that is just a bit more than your scope, to allow for tide changes. I didn't see a way to accomplish that with any of the units I have, but perhaps I missed something. I'll look again. Bill BIna On 12/3/2014 11:36 AM, Marek Dziedzic via CnC-List wrote: even my old (over 10 years) Garmin GPSMAP 76S has that function. This might be different for other manufacturers. Marek From: Burt Stratton via CnC-List Sent: Wednesday, December 03, 2014 9:59 AM To: 'Bill Bina - gmail' ; cnc-list@cnc-list.com Subject: Re: Stus-List OMG! We're dragging! Bill, My old Garmin Chart plotter does exactly that. The anchor alarm sets up a radius from a point and sounds when you go outside it. Pretty sure most of them have that feature. From: CnC-List [mailto:cnc-list-boun...@cnc-list.com] On Behalf Of Bill Bina - gmail via CnC-List Sent: Wednesday, December 03, 2014 9:51 AM To: cnc-list@cnc-list.com Subject: Re: Stus-List OMG! We're dragging! I've often wished for an anchor alarm app for my smart phone or GPS chartplotter that would work like the range alarm on my RADAR where you set a ring of a particular range, rather than just a directional distance, and if you moved outside of that circle, the alarm would sound. Seems to me that GPS makers have missed the boat on what would be a really great feature to use as a sales pitch. Bill Bina On 12/3/2014 9:43 AM, LKL Architects via CnC-List wrote: Dennis, Enjoyed your humor, although I am sure there was nothing funny in your mind when you were awaken. First time I set my anchor alarm, I allowed for 10 feet of drag. During the night there was a slight wind change, no drag but Finesse did swing. LIke you it got me up in a hurry. How stupid I felt not thinking about something so simple as a possible wind change, duh. Again, enjoyed you humor and thanks for posting. Lloyd Lippe Finesss Rockport, Texas ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ _______________________________________________ This List is provided by the C&C Photo Album Email address: CnC-List@cnc-list.com To change your list preferences, including unsubscribing -- go bottom of page at: http://cnc-list.com/mailman/listinfo/cnc-list_cnc-list.com _______________________________________________This List is provided by the C&C Photo Album Email address:CnC-List@cnc-list.comTo change your list preferences, including unsubscribing -- go bottom of page at:http://cnc-list.com/mailman/listinfo/cnc-list_cnc-list.com -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- _______________________________________________ This List is provided by the C&C Photo Album Email address: CnC-List@cnc-list.com To change your list preferences, including unsubscribing -- go bottom of page at: http://cnc-list.com/mailman/listinfo/cnc-list_cnc-list.com
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