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Chapter 5: Standard Chart Operations 5-31

Target Point Arrival

The arrivalalarm is used to alert you when the vessel is approachingthe target

point.The arrivalalarmis definedas acircle (notvisibleon the screen)around

the target. You can specify radius of the arrival alarm (see Section 6.3).

The alarm is triggered when either of the following conditions is met:

• The distance to the target point is less than that specified for the arrival

alarm.

• Yourvesselreachestheclosestpointof approachto thetarget (definedby a

line passing through the waypoint and perpendicular to the route leg).

➤ To cancel the arrival alarm and go towards the next waypoint in the route,

either press any key

or wait for 10 seconds.

Thetargetbecomestheorigin,thenextwaypointbecomesthetargetpoint, and

thetwo are connectedby a dotted line indicating the current leg. Any previous

route leg is removed from the screen, but waypoints remain.

Note:Whenfollowing a routeusing a SeaTalkautopilot,the autopilotwill not

turn to the new waypoint until it is accepted at the autopilot control unit.

Other Follow Route Options

You can use the soft keys to follow a route from a selected waypoint (join a

route),or if alreadyfollowing, you can advance to the next waypoint.You can

also restart the cross track error, setting the current vessel position as the new

origin.

In addition, you can move a selected waypoint as described in Section 5.3,or

remove a waypoint from the route as described in Section 5.4.

Joining a Route

➤ To start tracking the current route at a selected waypoint:

1. Move the cursor over the required waypoint until the letters WPT and the

waypoint soft keys are displayed.

2. Press the FOLLOW FROM HERE soft key.

Your vessel follows the route, using the selected waypoint as the target

point.

3. Toreturntothedefaultdisplay,movethecursoraway fromthewaypointor

press CLEAR or ENTER.

WPT

FROM HERE