Everything the phone routes or navigates to starts as a waypoint or a route on the chart. They are saved on the phone as you make them, so a restart or a flat battery loses nothing.
Drop waypoints
There are three ways:
- From the tap card. Tap open water, then Drop waypoint.
- With the Waypoint tool. Tap Chart on the toolbar and choose Waypoint under Tools. Every tap on the chart now drops one. Choose Pan when you are done.
- From the Routes sheet. Tap Drop waypoints by tapping the chart, which turns the Waypoint tool on.
Waypoints are named WP 1, WP 2 and so on.
Build a route from a charted mark
Tap a buoy or light, then + Route on its card. If you are not already editing a route, this starts a new one from the boat to that mark. Tap the next mark and + Route again to add it to the end. Keep going in rounding order.
Build a route from waypoints
- Open the routes. Tap Chart on the toolbar, then Routes and waypoints. The sheet is called Routes.
- New route. Under Routes, tap New route from waypoints. It makes a route through every waypoint in the Waypoints list, in order. It needs at least two.
Each route is listed with its name, the number of waypoints and its length.
Move a waypoint
Press and hold a waypoint until it lifts, then drag it. A magnifier above your finger shows the chart under it with a crosshair, the position, and the bearing and distance from the previous waypoint. Lift your finger to drop it. A second finger, or dragging off the chart, puts it back where it was.
Loose waypoints can always be moved. To move a route's points, tap Edit on the route first, and Done when you have finished.
Reverse or delete
- Reverse turns a route round, for the return leg. It needs a slide to confirm.
- To delete a route or a waypoint, swipe it left and tap Delete, then slide to confirm.
Limits
On a phone the Routes sheet opens over the lower half of the chart, and the chart stays live above it. Courses for a project are chosen from these same routes. See Arm a route and navigate it.