Jeremygavin
Well-Known Member
- Mar 6, 2012
- 2,054
- Boat Info
- 2011 520 Sedan Bridge
2016 Sea Ray 19 SPX OB
2019 Walker Bay Generation 340
- Engines
- Cummins QSM11s
Mercury 150 Fourstroke
Honda 40hp
We just purchased a 520DB and plan of spending more time overnights on moorings and anchor. I didn’t stay on the boat much on anchor on the 340DA because my wife didn’t love the idea of being stuck out there relying on me to bring here in to shore when she wanted to. She is consenting to the idea more now that slip fees will be so much higher with the larger boat.
So my question is, when you are at anchor how comfortable do you feel leaving the boat alone while going ashore? For how long would you leave it? What do you do to prepare for that? Check anchor set Etc? I have a Siren Marine system on board that I installed this winter that has a geofence so I could set that fairly tight and it would let me know if the boat is dragging but wouldn’t it be too late?
When I am on anchor I always feel like I am watching to make sure I haven’t moved but I never do and don’t usually have a problem with setting the anchor where we boat. It is usually a muddy bottom and we have 150ft of chain so we usually have a good hard set.
Thanks for the insight
So my question is, when you are at anchor how comfortable do you feel leaving the boat alone while going ashore? For how long would you leave it? What do you do to prepare for that? Check anchor set Etc? I have a Siren Marine system on board that I installed this winter that has a geofence so I could set that fairly tight and it would let me know if the boat is dragging but wouldn’t it be too late?
When I am on anchor I always feel like I am watching to make sure I haven’t moved but I never do and don’t usually have a problem with setting the anchor where we boat. It is usually a muddy bottom and we have 150ft of chain so we usually have a good hard set.
Thanks for the insight