Skyhook Digital Anchor Control

You are responsible for the safe and prudent operation of your vessel. The Skyhook^® digital anchor features do not avoid navigational hazards. Failure to safely operate your boat could result in an accident causing property damage, serious personal injury, or death.

When connected to a compatible Mercury^® engine, you can use the Skyhook digital anchor overlay on the chartplotter to set and adjust the Skyhook, Drifthook, and Bowhook functions.

Skyhook Digital Anchor: When active, the boat attempts to maintain heading and position.
Drifthook: When active, the boat attempts to maintain heading, but the position may change.
Bowhook: When active, the boat attempts to keep the same position, but the heading may change.

Adding the Skyhook Digital Anchor Control Overlay

When connected to a compatible Mercury engine, you can add an overlay on the chartplotter to control the Skyhook digital anchor functions.

From the page where you want to add the overlay, select Options > Edit Overlays.

TIP: You can also select Toolbars from the menu bar to quickly change the overlays.
Select Top Bar or Bottom Bar.
Select Mercury Skyhook.
Select Back.

Skyhook Digital Anchor Overlay

When connected to a compatible Mercury engine, you can use the Skyhook overlay on the chartplotter to control the Skyhook digital anchor functions.

TIP: When the Skyhook digital anchor, Drifthook feature, or Bowhook feature is active, you can select Standby on the menu bar to disengage the active digital anchor feature and resume manual control of the boat.
Mercury Skyhook bar with callouts


	Information about the current heading and steering adjustments.
	Adjusts the intended heading to port. The system steers the boat to the new heading.
	Adjusts the intended heading to starboard. The system steers the boat to the new heading.
Drifthook	Changes to Drifthook functionality.
Bowhook	Changes to Bowhook functionality.

Drifthook Overlay

When the Skyhook overlay is enabled on the chartplotter, you can select Drifthook to change the Skyhook digital anchor to use the Drifthook function.

TIP: When the Drifthook feature is active, you can select Standby on the menu bar to disengage the anchor and resume manual control of the boat.


	Adjusts the intended heading to port. The system steers the boat to the new heading.
	Adjusts the intended heading to starboard. The system steers the boat to the new heading.
Drifthook	Select again to return to Skyhook digital anchor functionality.
Bowhook	Changes to Bowhook functionality.

GPSMAP® 8400/8600/8700/9000/9500 Series

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