NorthStar 951, Operator'S Manual

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Chapter 9 - Using Nav Log
951/952 Operator’s Manual Rev. B Page 129
NOTE:
Remember, estimated times are only estimates. They may be inaccurate
because your Speed-Over-Ground may have changed, either intention-
ally or by passing through varying currents.
Your Estimated Time of Arrival (ETA) at the last waypoint in
the route is shown at the top of the screen. A darkened arrow
connecting the right ends of two waypoint boxes indicates
you’ve completed that leg of the trip.
Reversing the trip
You can reverse the trip at any time (that is, navigate to route
waypoints in reverse order) by pressing the
menu
key.
Adding waypoints to the trip
You can add waypoints to the trip by pressing the
menu key. Any waypoints added to the trip in the nav
log aren’t permanently appended to the route in the unit’s mem-
ory
. To make permanent changes to the route, you must use
the edit route functions (see ”Editing a route” starting on page
105).
NOTE:
Waypoints are automatically entered and organized in the nav log if you
navigate to a waypoint or along a route (using the GO TO function).
A chart view of the waypoints stored in memory is displayed
on the
APPEND WAYPT
screen. Press the to
select the desired waypoint. Press the menu
key and then the key to add the waypoint to the nav
log. Repeat for any other waypoints you want to add.
Stopping navigation
When you press the menu key, the system stops navi-
gating, and distances to waypoints, bearing to waypoints, and
ETA or ETE are no longer displayed. For the unit to copy way-
points into the nav log and display their navigation informa-