A
utoroute
Autorouteisavailablewhenusingcompatiblecartography.Autorouteallows
youtobuildarouteautomaticallybetweenapointonthechartandyour
vessel.
Y oucanselectanypointontheChartandfromtheChartcontextmenu
select[Autoroutetohere]oryoucanselect[Autorouteto]fromanexisting
waypoint’scontextmenutocreatearouteautomaticallybetweenyourvessel
andthechosenpoint.
Thecreatedrouteisgeneratedbycomparingdataavailableonyour
cartographyagainsttheminimumsafedistancesspecifiedinthe[Boat
details]menu:([Homescreen>Settings>Boatdetails]).
Waypointswillnotbeplacedinareasthatconflictwithyourspecified
minimumsafedistances.Cautionsymbolsareusedforwaypointsthatare
nearobjectsorrestrictedareas.
Neverfollowaroutebeforecheckingeachroutelegissafeforyourvessel.
W
arning:Automaticroutegeneration
•DoNO
Trelyonautomaticallygeneratedroutestoguarantee
thattherouteissafetonavigate.Y ouMUSTreviewthe
suggestedroutecarefullyandwherenecessaryeditthe
routebeforefollowingit.
•Ifawaypointwithinanyautomaticallygeneratedrouteis
addedormovedtheAutomaticroutegenerationalgorithm
willNOTbeused,extracareshouldbetakentoensurethat
theroutelegandanymovedwaypointsaresafetonavigate.
Caution:EasyRouting-Dredgedareas
TheC-MAP
®
EasyRoutingfeaturewillignoresomehazardsin
dredgedareas.EasyRoutingisintendedforpassageplanning
betweenharborsratherthanwithinaharbor.
Warning:Trafficseparation
Automaticroutegenerationfeaturesdonotadheretothe
TrafficSeparationSchemesidentifiedinRule10ofthe
InternationalRegulationsforPreventingCollisionsatSea
1972asamended.
Raymarine®thereforerecommendsthatyoudoNOTuse
Automaticroutegenerationtocreateanypartofaroute
whichwillcrosstrafficlanesorpassneartotrafficseparation
lines.InthesesituationsAutomaticroutegenerationMUST
beswitchedOffandtherouteorroutelegMUSTbebuilt
manually,ensuringcompliancetotheruleslaidoutinthe
aboveregulations.
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