
Chapter 5: Standard Chart Operations 5-29
Following Routes and
Going to Points
5.5 Following Routes and Going to Points
ThedefaultsoftkeyGOTO accesses thefunctionstoFOLLOW arouteandGOTO
awaypointor cursor. When you selectthetargetdestination,thechartplotter
calculatesbearing,distanceandcrosstrackerror;thisinformationispassedto
ahelmsmanorautopilot.Youcanalsorestartthecrosstrackerror(XTE)from
theactualvesselpositionto set XTE to zeroat that point.
Whenthe chartplotterisfollowinga route,thetargetdestinationisindicated
byasquarearoundthewaypoint(orcursormarker)andadottedlineshowsthe
intendedtrack,from your startpoint or previouswaypoint,tothetarget
waypoint.
Thissectiondescribesthefollowing:
• Followa route eitherforwards,orin reverseorder.
• TargetPointArrival
• Otherfollowroute options,includingjoiningata selectedwaypoint,
advancingwaypoints,and restartingXTE.
• Goto an individualpoint, eitheranexisting waypointor thecursor.
• Stop and RestartFollow/Goto.
Analarm is triggeredwhen you approacha waypoint, thissection describes
whathappenswhen you arriveat waypoints. Chapter 6describeshow to set
thealarm.
Thechartplottercanalsodisplaythevessel’s actualtrackandthetrackcan be
recordedforlaterdisplay.TheTrackfunctionisdescribedintheSection 5.7.
➤ To accessthe Goto/Followsoft keys,press the defaultsoft key GOTO (thesoft
keysdifferif a followor goto is alreadyinprogress):
Follow a Route
Note:The current routemayhavebeen createdon this display,or createdon
anotherunitandreceivedonthisdisplayvia SeaTalk.
Ifa routehas beenreversedor ifa routeonscreenwas being followedbut
stoppedbefore completion, thetarget waypoint–outlined by a squarebox–
maybedifferenttowhentheroute was created.
GOTO SCREENROUTE FIND SHIP
D4160-1
GOTO
D4171-1
GOTO
CURSOR
FOLLOW
ROUTE
GOTO
WAYPOINT
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