RayTech Navigator User’s Guide
Working With Routes
This section explains how to plot and edit routes. A route is a path from location A to location B, and is composed of a series of waypoints that you “place” on a displayed chart. Each waypoint represents a certain position along the path of the route. A route typically has a starting waypoint, an ending waypoint, and as many intermediate waypoints as you need or want.
The distance between any two waypoints is known as a leg. The leg of the route your boat is currently traversing is called the active leg. An active leg consists of an origin waypoint (the waypoint you just departed) and a destination waypoint (the waypoint you are moving toward). In Navigator, the active leg of a route is represented by a dashed line and a blinking gray circle around the destination waypoint.
Plotting a route requires just a few mouse clicks, and you can easily move/adjust your waypoints after placing them on the screen. Routes can be as simple or complex as you need, and by offering a wide range of icons and display colors, Navigator allows you to customize each route (and individual waypoints) for easy recognition and navigation. Navigator stores all your favorite or most commonly used routes, and you can create several backup routes for any destination, should inclement weather or other circumstances dictate you take a different course. If you have Navigator connected to a GPS and Autopilot, the route you chart on the screen can be run automatically.
Note: The subsections that follow presume that you already have charts installed and displayed within Navigator.
