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Old 01-20-2017, 06:52 AM   #8
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Within the Nav mode there are 2 formats. In the chart plotter, the message can either be correction of bearing to destination or cross track error correction. The correction of error means that as the boat is pushed off course (by current as an example), the chart plotter adjusts the bearing to the target. This yields a curve versus a straight line over the course of the navigation. In cross track error correction, the plotter steers the boat back to the original heading line. The course resembles a straight line.

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