Sar Operations - Furuno FMD-3200 Operator's Manual

9. ROUTES
9.6

SAR Operations

The SAR feature facilitates search and rescue and MOB operations.
To use the SAR feature, get into the Voyage planning mode then do the following:
1. Click the [Planning] and [Route] buttons on the InstantAccess bar to show the
[Route Plan] dialog box then click the [SAR] button.
2. Enter your start point. To enter current position, click
the [Ship Position] button. (The start point can also
be entered directly on the screen. Put the cursor on
the start point, right-click the chart to show the con-
text-sensitive menu shown below then click [Set start point].)
3. Enter your ship's speed and turn radius, current UTC date and time.
4. At [Search Point], enter the estimated position of the object to search. (The search
point can also be entered directly on the screen. Put the cursor on the search
point, right-click the chart to show the context-sensitive menu shown at step 2
then click [Set search point].
5. Enter drift speed, drift direction, and the UTC date and time of the estimated po-
sition.
6. At the [Search Setting] window, choose and set the search type, referring to the
table on the next page.
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