Raymarine E70532 - Route Management

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arning:MinimumSafeDepth,Widthand
Height
Dependingoncartographyvendor
,the[Minimumsafedepth],
[Minimumsafewidth],and[Minimumsafeheight]settingsthat
youspecifyforyourvesselwillbeusedduringautomaticroute
generation.Thesesettingswillensurethatautomaticroutes
arenotgeneratedinareasthatareunsuitableforyourvessel.
Minimumsafesettingsareuser-definedcalculations.Asthese
calculationsareoutsideofRaymarine’scontrol,Raymarine
willnotbeheldliableforanydamage,physicalorotherwise,
resultingfromtheuseoftheautomaticroutegeneration
featureorthe[Minimumsafedepth],[Minimumsafewidth]or
[Minimumsafeheight]settings.
A utoroute-compatiblecartographyvendors
TheAutoroutefeatureiscompatiblewiththefollowingcartographyvendor
features.
•Navionics®Autorouting.
•Navionics®Dock-to-dock
•C-MAP®EasyRouting
Differencesbetweenautomaticroutegenerationfunctions
Thereareimportantdifferencesbetweenthewaydifferentvendorshandle
automaticroutegeneration.
Depthclearances(Tidalheight)
•Navionics®AutoroutingandDock-to-dockavoidsshallowareasbased
ontheuserdefined[Minimumsafedepth]settingplusanadditional
Navionics®safetymargin.itassumesthelowesttidelevel,normally
LowestAstronomicalTide(LAT).ThetidecanbelowerthanLATdueto
atmosphericeffectssuchashighairpressure,winddirection,etc.
•C-MAP®EasyRoutingassumesthattherewillbesometide.Theusermust
applytheirownsafetymarginasappropriatetocurrentconditions.Route
legsthatcrossareasshallowerthantheuserdefined[Minimumsafedepth]
settingaremarkedwithhazardwaypointsymbols,itiscriticalthatthese
legsarecheckedtoensurethatthereissufficienttidetoavoidthehazard.
Width&Heightclearances
•Navionics®AutoroutingandDock-to-dockdoesnotusetheuserdefined
[Minimumsafewidth]or[Minimumsafeheight]settingswhengenerating
routes.Objectswithwidth/heightconstraintsaremarkedwithhazard
waypointsymbols,itiscriticalthattheselegsarecheckedtoensurethat
thereissufficientclearancetoavoidthehazard.
•C-MAP®EasyRoutingusestheuserdefined[Minimumsafewidth]and
[Minimumsafeheight]settingstodetermineifsufficientclearanceis
available.Theusermustapplytheirownsafetymarginasappropriateto
currentconditions.TheHeightdatummustbechecked,asitcouldbe
MeanHighWaterSprings(MHWS)orHighestAstronomicalTide(HAT).In
bothcasesthetidecanbehigherthanthedatumduetoatmospheric
effectssuchashighairpressure,winddirection,etc.
Reviewinganautomaticallygeneratedroute
Beforefollowinganyrouteyoumustensurethatitissafetodoso.
UponRoutecompletion:
1.RangeinoneachroutelegandwaypointthatmakeuptheRoute.
2.Checkeithersideoftheroutelegandaroundthewaypointforany
possibleobstructions.
Obstructionscanbechartedobjectsorrestrictedareas.Routes
generatedautomaticallyshouldusethecautionwaypointsymbolin
areaswheretherearepossibleobstructions.
3.Whereobstructionsexistmovethenecessarywaypointssothatthe
waypointandroutelegisnolongerobstructed.
Routemanagement
Routesaremanagedusingtheroutesandtracksmenu.
The[Routes&Tracks]menucanbeaccessedfromtheHomescreenand
fromtheChartapp:[Homescreen>Routes&Tracks],or[Chartapp>Menu
>Routes&Tracks].
Whentheroutesandtracksmenuisopenedtheroutesmenuisdisplayedby
default.
W aypoints,RoutesandTracks
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