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Skyhook Digital Anchor 2.0 Overlay

When connected to a compatible Mercury® engine featuring the updated 2.0 version of the Skyhook® digital anchor hardware you can use the Skyhook overlay shown below on the chartplotter to control the Skyhook digital anchor functions.

TIP: When the Skyhook digital anchor features are 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

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Information about the current status of the Skyhook digital anchor and any warning messages.

Heading

When active, the boat attempts to maintain heading, but the position may change.

Position

When active, the boat attempts to keep the same position, but the heading may change.

Precision

Toggles the precision level used by the system to maintain the postion or heading.

Adding the Skyhook Joystick Overlay

If your vessel also has a physical joystick used to control the Skyhook digital anchor, you can add an additional overlay bar to quickly adjust the joystick settings.

  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 Joystick.
  4. Select Back.
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April 2026
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