Yes, Rick, that’s it. I can do also routes and other things as you describe in your second paragraph, but I find the infinite red line to be most helpful when heading for a destination.
From: Rick Brass via CnC-List <cnc-list@cnc-list.com> Sent: Friday, October 28, 2022 8:58 PM To: Stus-List <cnc-list@cnc-list.com> Cc: Rick Brass <rickbr...@earthlink.net> Subject: Stus-List Re: Navionics I think I understand it now. The red line is always shown and infinite length, and it is based on boat heading adjusted by current - or more probably recent - set and drift. If your destination or the next turn is off the edge of the display, you zoom out to bring it onto the screen and steer to keep the boat moving to that desired point. And I presume you reduce detail, depth markers, etc. when you zoom out. In the eastern NC area where I mostly sail, but also in Chesapeake Bay and along the ICW and coast going south, my target is usually in the 10 to 30 NM range in front of me. With the plotter and IPad I usually scroll over to the target, tap the screen, and then select "Go To". That puts a line on the chart display from my starting point to the destination. Then I can scroll back (or press stop scrolling on the menu) to recenter on the boat and see the nearby detail (depths around here are frequently 10 feet or less, and the ICW has a lot of twists and turns), see the boat position and heading in relation to the course line on the chart, and make steering and trim adjustments accordingly. I wonder if the displays would work the same on Active Captain, my IPad that I use on deliveries, or my laptop had I chosen the Navionics charts instead of Bluecharts when I bought my Garmin chart plotter? Rick Brass Washington, NC
