Raymarine c97 - Vessel Position on the Chart Display; Chart Orientation

14.9Vesselpositiononthechart
display
Yourcurrentpositionisrepresentedon-screenby
thevesselsymbol.
Thevesselsymbolsareonlydisplayedwhen
headingorCOGdataisavailable.
Thevesselsymbolvariesdependingonselected
settingsandtheavailabilityofheadingdata.
Motor
Vessel
Themotorvesselsymbol
isusedwhenthevessel
typeselectedduringthe
initialsetupwizardisa
motorvessel.
SailVessel
Thesailvesselsymbol
isusedwhenthevessel
typeselectedduringthe
initialsetupwizardisa
sailvessel.
Small
Vessel
Thesmallvesselsymbolis
usedwhentheBoatSize
settingissettoSmall.
BlackdotAblackdotisdisplayed
whenheadingandCOG
dataisnotavailable.
Vesselpositiondatacanalsobeshowninthe
databar.
Locatingyourvessel
Thevesseliconcanberepositionedtothecenterof
thescreenbyfollowingthestepsbelow.
1.SelecttheFindShipicon:locatedonthe
lefthandsideofthescreen.
Locatingyourvessel
Thevesseliconcanberepositionedtothecenterof
thescreenbyfollowingthestepsbelow.
1.SelectMenu.
2.SelectFindShip.
14.10ChartOrientation
Theorientationofachartreferstotherelationship
betweenthechartandthedirectionthatyouare
travellingin.
ChartOrientationisusedinconjunctionwithMotion
Modetocontrolhowyourvesselandchartrelateto
oneanotherandhowtheyaredisplayedon-screen.
ThemodeyouchooseappliestotheactiveChart
instance,andisrestoredatpowerup.
Thefollowingoptionsareavailable:
NorthUp
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InNorthUpmode,theChartOrientationis
xedwithtruenorthpointingupthisisthe(usual
orientationofnauticalcharts).Asyourheading
changesthevesselsymbolrotatesaccordingly.This
isthedefaultorientationfortheChartapplication.
HeadUp
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InHeadUpmode,theChartapplicationdisplaysthe
vessel’scurrentHeadingdirectlyup.Asthevessel
Headingchangesthevesselsymbolremainsxed
andthechartpicturerotatesaccordingly.IfHeading
isnotavailablethenstableCOGisusedinstead.If
HeadingorstableCOGdataisnolongerpresent
thentheOrientationmodeissuspendedandthe
Chartapplicationwilldisplay0degreesdirectlyup
ifthereisnoactivenavigationorCourseUpifthere
isactivenavigation.
Note:T opreventcontinuousbackwardsand
forwardsrotationsasthevesselyawsfrom
side-to-side,thechartwillnotupdateunlessthe
headingchangesbyatleast10degreesfromthe
lastdisplayedorientation.
Note:ItisnotpossibletoselectHead-Upwhen
theMotionModeissettoTrue.
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