Raymarine LIGHTHOUSE 3 - Warning: Automatic route generation; Warning: Traffic separation; Warning: Minimum Safe Depth, Width and Height

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arning:Automaticroutegeneration
•DoNO
Trelyonautomaticallygeneratedroutestoguaranteethattherouteis
safetonavigate.Y ouMUSTreviewthesuggestedroutecarefullyandwhere
necessaryedittheroutebeforefollowingit.
•Ifawaypointwithinanyautomaticallygeneratedrouteisaddedormovedthe
AutomaticroutegenerationalgorithmwillNOTbeused,extracareshould
betakentoensurethattheroutelegandanymovedwaypointsaresafeto
navigate.
Caution:EasyRouting-Dredgedareas
TheC-MAP
®
EasyRoutingfeaturewillignoresomehazardsindredgedareas.
EasyRoutingisintendedforpassageplanningbetweenharborsratherthanwithin
aharbor.
Warning:Trafficseparation
AutomaticroutegenerationfeaturesdonotadheretotheTrafficSeparation
SchemesidentifiedinRule10oftheInternationalRegulationsforPreventing
CollisionsatSea1972asamended.
Raymarine®thereforerecommendsthatyoudoNOTuseAutomaticroute
generationtocreateanypartofaroutewhichwillcrosstrafficlanesorpassnear
totrafficseparationlines.InthesesituationsAutomaticroutegenerationMUST
beswitchedOffandtherouteorroutelegMUSTbebuiltmanually,ensuring
compliancetotheruleslaidoutintheaboveregulations.
Warning:MinimumSafeDepth,WidthandHeight
Dependingoncartographyvendor,theminimumsafesettingsareusedduring
automaticroutegeneration,theyareusedtorestrictcreatedroutesfromentering
areasthatarenotsuitableforthevessel.
Minimumsafesettingsareuserdefinedcalculations.Asthesecalculationsare
outsideofRaymarine’scontrol;Raymarinewillnotbeheldliableforanydamage,
physicalorotherwise,resultingfromtheuseoftheautomaticroutegeneration
featureorthe
Minimumsafedepth, Minimumsafewidthor Minimumsafe
heightsettings.
A utoroute-compatiblecartographyvendors
TheAutoroutefeatureiscompatiblewiththefollowingcartographyvendorfeatures.
•Navionics®Autorouting.
•Navionics®Dock-to-dock
•C-MAP®EasyRouting
Differencesbetweenautomaticroutegenerationfunctions
Thereareimportantdifferencesbetweenthewaydifferentvendorshandleautomaticroute
generation.
Depthclearances(Tidalheight)
•Navionics®AutoroutingandDock-to-dockavoidsshallowareasbasedontheuserdefined
MinimumsafedepthsettingplusanadditionalNavionics®safetymargin.itassumesthelowest
tidelevel,normallyL owestAstronomicalTide(LAT).ThetidecanbelowerthanLATdueto
atmosphericeffectssuchashighairpressure,winddirection,etc.
•C-MAP®EasyRoutingassumesthattherewillbesometide.Theusermustapplytheirownsafety
marginasappropriatetocurrentconditions.Routelegsthatcrossareasshallowerthantheuser
defined Minimumsafedepthsettingaremarkedwithhazardwaypointsymbols,itiscriticalthat
theselegsarecheckedtoensurethatthereissufficienttidetoavoidthehazard.
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