NorthStar 972, Quickstart Manual And Reference Manual

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Reference section 4 — Navigating to Waypoints
Restarting the track line Reference Manual Revision B
Restarting the track line
When travelling from one waypoint to
another, you may find you’ve gone off
your planned track line. Maybe you
avoided an obstacle or drifted slightly
off-course. Whenever you’re off-track, you
can get back by one of two methods:
•
after passing the obstacle, you can steer
your vessel back to the original track
line by using the cross-track error
display, and simply continue to the
waypoint (Track 1 in Figure 2)
•
after passing the obstacle, if you don’t
need to return to your original track
line, you can go directly to the next
waypoint by using the 972’s restart
function (Track 2 in Figure 2)
To restart your track line from your
present position, press
Restart
and
ENTER
.
Restart
is found on the
Chart
screen (in
vessel mode only) and on the
Navlog
screen.
The 972 calculates a new track line from
your present position directly to the next
waypoint, and resets your cross-track error
to zero.
Figure 2: Restarting the course line