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Skyhook Digital Anchor Control

WARNING

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 digital anchor functions.

Depending on the type of hardware installed on your vessel, the Skyhook digital anchor overlay has a different appearance with different controls:

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.

  1. 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.
  2. Select Top Bar, Bottom Bar, Left Bar, or Right Bar.
  3. Select Mercury Skyhook.
  4. Select Back.
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April 2026
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