Definition
Maintained by taking beam and ahead transits or compass bearings of fixed marks and rechecking them regularly, backed by a GPS anchor alarm set to the swinging circle radius plus a margin for position error. Depth alarms are also useful, since dragging usually changes depth. Watchkeeping intervals should shorten as wind rises, tide turns, or when holding ground is known to be marginal.
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