Creating A Man Overboard Waypoint - Lowrance HDS Gen3 Operator's Manual

Measuring distance
The cursor can be used to measure the distance between your
vessel and a selected position, or between 2 points on the chart
panel.
1.
Position the cursor on the point from where you want to
measure the distance.
2.
Start the measure function from the menu.
- The measuring icons appear with a line drawn from the vessel
center to the cursor position, and the distance is listed in the
cursor information window.
3.
You can reposition the measuring points by dragging either
icon as long as the measuring function is active.
Note:
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The bearing is always measured from the grey icon
to the blue icon.
You can also start the measuring function without an active cursor.
Both measuring icons are then initially located at the vessel position.
The grey icon follows the vessel as the vessel moves, while the blue
icon remains at the position given when you activated the function.
You terminate the measuring function by selecting the Finish
measuring menu option.

Creating a Man Overboard waypoint

If an emergency situation should occur, you can save a Man
Overboard (MOB) waypoint at the vessel's current position by
pressing the Zoom In (+) and Zoom out (-) keys simultaneously.
When you activate the MOB function the following actions are
automatically performed:
• a MOB waypoint is created at the vessel's position
• the display switches to a zoomed chart panel, centered on the
vessel's position
• the system displays navigation information back to the MOB
waypoint
Multiple MOB waypoints are saved by repeatedly pressing the MOB
buttons. The vessel continues to show navigation information to
the initial MOB waypoint. Navigation to subsequent MOB waypoints
needs to be done manually.
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