3. PLOTTER OPERATION

Restarting navigation

When you steer to avoid an obstacle or the vessel drifts, you may go off your intended course, as in Line 1 in the figure below. Also, if you don’t need to return to the original course, you can go directly to the next waypoint, as in Line 2 in the figure below. In these cases, use the restart navigation function to restart navigation.

Line 2

Line 1

Obstacle

Original course

Example of when to restart navigation

1.Press the [MENU] key to open the menu.

2.Press the WAYPOINTS/ROUTES soft key.

3.Press the LOG soft key.

TO Waypoint (WPT name in reverse video)

Passed waypoint (gray characters)

Estimated Time of Arrival at destination

Replaces triangle when selecting a route leg.

ETA 23:59 30. APR

 

01

 

48° 18.290'N

 

LEG

 

 

007WPT

123° 14.286'W

 

 

 

 

90.0°

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

02

 

48° 17.341'N

 

2.86nm

 

02

 

 

 

 

 

 

123° 10.232'W

 

 

 

005WPT

 

 

 

 

 

322.6°

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

3.08nm

 

 

03

 

48° 20.261'N

 

 

 

 

 

123° 11.658'W

 

 

 

 

003WPT

 

 

 

 

75.2°

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

04

 

48° 19.862'N

 

4.99nm

 

 

 

 

123° 04.190'W

 

 

 

 

006WPT

 

 

 

152.5°

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

19.87nm

 

LOG

RE-

START

STOP

RVRSE

SPEED

COORD

TYPE

Replaced by

"FOLLOW LEG" when selecting a route leg.

Log display

4.Use the trackball to select a waypoint or a route leg. When a route leg is selected the single arrow cursor is replaced by double arrows.

5.Press the RESTART soft key or FOLLOW LEG soft key in case of route leg.

Note: Navigation may be restarted from the plotter display, with the RESTART key, when a single quick point (QP<01>) is selected for navigation.

6. Press the [MENU] key to close the menu.

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Furuno 1943C, 1933C, 1833C manual Restarting navigation, Example of when to restart navigation, Log display

1833C, 1933C, 1943C specifications

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