Collision Avoidance - Raymarine a65 Operation Instructions Manual

14.7 Collision Avoidance

The Radar and Chart applications include features
to help increase your awareness for the potential for
collisions.
Collision Avoidance features include:
AIS Vessels and aids equipped
with AIS transmitters, that are
within range can be displayed
as targets.
Refer to Chapter 12 AIS
(Automatic Identification
System) for details.
MARPA MARPA (Mini Automatic
Radar Plotting Aid) improves
collision awareness by
tracking acquired targets
and calculating their speed
and course to enable risk
analysis.
Refer to 16.8 MARPA
overview
for details.
Target The Target interception
Interception feature tracks AIS targets in
relation to your own vessel's
Course Over Ground (COG)
and Speed Over Ground
(SOG). The purpose of
this feature is to help you
determine if you need to
change your speed and / or
course to avoid danger.
Refer to 12.9 Collision
Avoidance
Guard Zone The Guard Zone Alarm will
Alarm warn you if Radar returns are
detected within the specified
Guard Zone limits.
Refer to 16.11 Setting up a
Guard Zone Alarm
for details.
Dangerous AIS and acquired MARPA
targets targets are considered
dangerous if the target will
get closer to your vessel than
the specified Safe Distance
within the specified Time to
Safe Distance.
Refer to 12.8 Dangerous
targets for details.
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Chart and
Radar
applications
Chart and
Radar
applications
Chart
application
for details.
Radar
application
Chart and
Radar
applications
VRM/EBL The VRM/EBL feature can be
used to assess how far away
an acquired MARPA target is
and its bearing.
Refer to 16.14 Distances,
range, and bearing
for details.
Trails Trails (also known as wakes)
show a history of the targets
position over a specified time
period.
Refer to 16.12 Trails
details.
Radar
application
Radar
application
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