Raymarine ST70 User Reference Manual

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Chapter 3: Operating instructions 29Waypoint arrival circleThe NEXT WPT screen and acknowledgement occur within a circle around theactual waypoint (and hence a distance from the next track leg). If you havemanually changed the default waypoint arrival circle value to 0.3Nm or greater thiscan result in a cross track error alarm and associated course correction.Refer to Cross track error on page 27 for more details.Steering to the next waypoint in a routeWhen the Waypoint Advance warning sounds, the SmartPilot suspends Trackmode and maintains the current boat heading.To advance to the next waypoint:1. Check that it is safe to turn onto the new track.2. Press the TRACK button. This will cancel the Waypoint Advance warning and turnthe boat towards the next waypoint.Note: If you do not press TRACK to accept the Waypoint Advance, the SmartPilot will maintainthe current heading and continue sounding the warning.Skipping a waypoint (SeaTalk chartplotters only)If you want to advance to the next waypoint before you have arrived at the targetwaypoint, you can skip a waypoint by pressing TRACK for 1 second. The displaywill then show the Waypoint Advance screen for the next waypoint. Check it is safeto turn, then press TRACK to turn the boat towards the next waypoint.XTENextWaypointTrack legBearing tonext waypointExample1:Cross track error (XTE)due to waypoint arrival circleD10937-1Waypoint arrivalWaypointarrival circle