Raymarine 300 manual Following Routes and Going to Waypoints, Going To an Individual Target Point

Chapter 3: Operation 3-35

3.5 Following Routes and Going to Waypoints

The default GOTO soft key accesses the functions to follow a route and Goto a waypoint or cursor. When a target destination is selected, the GPS Plotter calculates bearing, distance and cross track error (XTE). This information can be shown on screen and is sent on SeaTalk and NMEA for use by an Autopilot or display on a compatible SeaTalk or NMEA repeater. You can also restart the XTE from the vessel’s position and set XTE to zero at that point.

When the GPS Plotter is following a route, the target destination is indicated by a square around the waypoint and a dotted line shows the intended track, from your start point or previous waypoint, to the target waypoint.

This section describes the following:

•Go to an individual target point (an existing waypoint or the cursor).

•Follow a route either forward, or reversed.

•Joining a route at a selected waypoint, advancing to waypoints or restarting XTE.

•Stop and Restart Follow/Goto.

•Target Point Arrival

An alarm is triggered when approaching a waypoint. This section describes what occurs when arriving at waypoints. Chapter 4 describes how to set the alarm.

The GPS Plotter can also display the vessel’s actual track which can be recorded for later display. The Track function is described in Section 3.7, Using Tracks.

➤To access the Goto/Follow soft keys, press the GOTO default soft key; the GOTO soft keys are displayed as shown in Figure 3-39.

GOTO GOTO FOLLOW

WAYPOINT CURSOR ROUTE

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Figure 3-39: GoTo Soft Keys

Note: The soft keys differ if a follow or goto is already in progress.

Going To an Individual Target Point

Rather than following a route, you can go directly to a selected target point. This can be an existing waypoint (not in the current route) or the cursor position.