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Had a mild dispute on whether we were overlapped at last Beercan, and wanted to check the track to see if we were actually at the 3 Boat length point before we gybed.
I can plot the track, and know where the mark is by the turning radius, and can set a range circle that represents boat length in nm.
Question is whether the "track" is the calculated bow (offset from GPS) or the GPS (on stern rail).and in a log file the position is raw or corrected?
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It is the position of the GPS.
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Thanks, that makes sense from viewing but had wanted to be sure.
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Which would actually be the position of the antenna, correct?
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Yes,
So with a 12 Meter vessel and the antenna at the stern, I would be at the Zone at 0.048 nm assuming a head on approach.
As I was slightly divergent due to gybe angle, it's not quite that clean, but close enough.
a feature that automagically warned you 3 boat lengths (or 4 in my case) from the mark would be cute, but not sure how useful, would need to be audible.