New Ghost Spot Lock Question

[Champion223]

I have installed and calibrated my new Ghost trolling motor but have a question about anchor mode (spot lock). When I hit the anchor button the motor seems to want to back up by 3 or 4 feet. I can’t figure out why the motor is doing this and could use some help.

[Cojab]

I have no experience with the Ghost (yet) but on my Motorguide Xi5 I felt like it did the same thing.
As I got used to it, it seemed more like my boat coasted forward a few feet after I hit spot lock and the trolling motor would back me up a bit to correct this.

[ThomasD]

Wherever your trolling motor is when you hit spot lock is where it will go to. If you're moving at all its going to go back to that spot.

[SAL321]

We have the Ghost and it does this almost every time. It's normal. We really noticed this when we first got it. It was sustained 15 MPH and we have a sailing buoy we tucked up against and it repositioned itself to account for wind direction and we stayed in that spot for a solid ten minutes and it never moved.
Anchor / spot lock is the real deal on this motor.

[Marc Marcantonio]

Yup, it is so precise that when you hit the anchor the motor will return you to the exact spot the boat was located at the time you hit the anchor. It is not a fault in the motor, which you can easily verify by using AutoPilot to take you to a waypoint. It will take you to the precise spot, and stop; you won't get any backing up.

[vegaskid]

Try and position your boat with the wind and come to a complete stop before you engage spot lock

[bman5150]

Yea-same as what the others are saying. I have learned to slow the boat to a stop before hitting spotlock.