Starpath eNav Trainer – Tutorials |
| Getting started |
| • How to Purchase eNav Trainer and What You Receive |
| • Setting up eNav in your Navigation Software |
| • How to Use the eNav VHF Radio Simulator |
| Suggested practice exercises |
| • Basic set up and tools |
| • Heading vs. COG, magnetic vs. true, magvar: auto vs. manual |
| • Study tracking display options |
| • Use of split screens of different scales |
| • Value of ENC for scaled vessel-size maneuvers |
| • Holding a desired course across current |
| • Waypoints, routes, activation |
| • Practice with hazard and obstruction alerts |
| Look ahead alerts on ENC charts (CE) |
| Underwater rock warning using ENC (CE) |
| The value of loading ENC even when using RNC (CE) |
| More practice with alarms (CE) |
| • AIS display options |
| • Use of CPA and TCPA with AIS targets |
| • Use of scaled vessel sizes to practice tug maneuvers |
| • Use of scaled vessel sizes to practice docking, with and without wind and current |
| Background articles |
| • Introduction to AIS |
| • The Strange World of Electronic Chart Boundaries |
| • Naming and Boundary Conventions on ENC eCharts |
| • dAISy: A New Very-small, Very-inexpensive AIS Receiver |
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Starpath Corporation • 3050 NW 63rd St. Seattle, WA 98107 USA • +1 206 783 1414 • [email protected]
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