Raymarine LIGHTHOUSE 3 - Creeping line; Parallel line search pattern

ExampleDrift
Direction:0°
Speed:0
.5Kts
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Creepingline/P arallellinesearchpattern
The Creeping/ParallelLinesearchpatterncoversarectangulararea.Theareaissearchedeither
bystartingatoneendofthesearcharea(Creeping),whichprovidesgreatercoverageofoneend
butwilltaketimetocoverthewholearea,orbysearchingthearealengthways(Parallel).This
providesreasonablecoverageoftheareaquickly.
TheCreepingLinesearchshouldbeusedwhenthereisalogicalendofthesearchareatostart
yoursearchfrom.
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