AUTOHELM ST 50 plus - Safety Operations

3 .4
Man Overboard
Man Overboard
stores the current position and calculates the
distance
and bearing
to return to that point .
The
distance and bearing to the 'Man Overboard' position v4
replace the
target waypoint distance and bearing display .
WARNING
:
REMEMBER THAT, IF SELECTIVE
AVAILABILITY (REFER TO GPS
TRANSDUCER HANDBOOK
FOR FULL DETAILS) IS ACTIVE, THE
POSITIONAL ERRORS CAN BE AS
LARGE AS 150M (500FT) AND,
IF THERE IS A TIDE,
THE PERSON OVERBOARD WILL BE
CARRIED
AWAY
FROM THE MAN OVERBOARD POSITION . FOR THESE
REASONS, IN AMAN OVERBOARD SITUATION,
ALWAYS NOMI-
NATE SOMEONE TO KEEP CONTINUOUS
VISUAL CONTACT WITH
THE PERSON OVERBOARD .