How Do I Optimize My Route - Raymarine RayTech RNS 5.0 User Manual

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9.6 How do I optimize my route?

You can use route optimization to determine your ideal route on any chart page based
upon:
• Ocean currents.
• Wind speed and direction.
• Polar characteristics of your vessel.
To optimize your route:
1. Select File/Set up/Layers. The Layers dialog box is displayed.
2. Double-click
3. Click the action boxes for
ON.
4. Click OK. The Weather Routing dialog box closes.
5. Click OK. The Layers dialog box closes
6. Get the latest weather information from the internet as described in "How do I get
weather information from the internet?" on page 79 of this manual.
7. Select Tools/Compute Optimum Route. The optimum route is calculated by
RNS and displayed on screen.
Weather Routing
. The Weather Routing dialog box is displayed.
Show isochrones, Show paths
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