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Plotting a course
Select the Waypoint tool
from the Tools palettete.
Click the position of the first Waypoint on the chart.
At this point, several things happen:
ðÊA Waypoint will be displayed at the point clicked. It is called Waypoint 1.
ðÊA special Waypoint will be displayed at the position where the ship was
located when the point was clicked on the chart. It is called Waypoint 0. The course
between this Waypoint 0 and Waypoint 1 represents the initial heading.
ð The waypoint data window is displayed; precise information on this is given
in the following paragraph.
You can create additional Waypoints by clicking points further along the
route. These Waypoints will be successively numbered 2, 3, 4 etc.
Note: at any time it is possible to change the scale and move the chart using the
corresponding tools, and then re-select the Waypoint tool
to continue plotting your course.