Creating routes from the chart. NORTHSTAR 958

Chapter 7 - Understanding the Routes Function

Introducing routes

A route is a series of two or more waypoints that form a connected path. You can create routes as you travel, or by placing new or existing waypoints into whatever order you want. Routes can be used to perform the following functions:

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• to guide you through a channel or harbor as a quick and efficient path to good fishing spots as the best way around a permanent obstacle, such as an island as guidance on a single long voyage with various “legs” to food and fuel stops along the way, or to other temporary destinations

The straight line between any two waypoints in a route is called a leg . The 958 can follow route legs in a forward or backward direction. You can start following a route in either of two ways:

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• go directly to any waypoint in the route (cross-track distance starts at zero, because you’re on the course line from your present position to the waypoint) along any leg of the route (cross-track distance starts at your distance from the leg)

Route and waypoint capacity

A route can have up to 35 waypoints. Each route takes up space that otherwise could be occupied by one or two waypoints, plus space for any new waypoints you create in the route. You can store as many as 500 routes in the 958, but the maximum number depends on how the number of stored waypoints. For example, if you’ve stored 700 waypoints, there would be room for about 200 routes.

You can create a route in three different ways:

• creating a route from waypoints and points on the CHART screen

• creating a route from a list of existing waypoints

• saving a route as you travel

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Chapter 7 - Understanding the Routes Function

Creating routes from the chart

To create a route graphically from the CHART screen:

1. Press the WAYPTS/ROUTES key, and then press the

ROUTES menu key. The names of any previously stored routes are shown on the ROUTES screen.

2. Press the NEW menu key to display the NEW ROUTE screen.

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