Restarting The Track Line; The Nav Log Screen - NorthStar 6000i Quickstart Manual And Reference Manual

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
• after passing the obstacle, if you don't

The NAV LOG screen

The
in your current trip and lets you easily
make changes to them. To access the
screen, press the
screen.
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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 3)
need to return to your original track
line, you can go directly to the next
waypoint by using the 6000i's restart
function (Track 2 in Figure 3)
NAV LOG screen displays the waypoints
Navlog key on the
Figure 3: Restarting the course line
To restart your track line from your
present position, press
Restart is found on the
vessel mode only), on the
NAVLOG
and on the
The 6000i calculates a new track line from
your present position directly to the next
waypoint, and resets your cross-track error
to zero.
The navlog helps you plan and log your
trip, using three main functions:
• displaying your progress along your
STEER
trip
Reference section 3 — Navigating to Waypoints
Restart and
ENTER .
CHART
screen (in
STEER
screen,
screen.
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Restarting the track line