[CA] [CA11] GS125 Auto route going backwards / away from waypoints

[Chuck - Raymarine - Moderator]

Welcome to the Raymarine Forum Eddie,

Upon receiving this report, I have tested the autorouting feature and was unable to duplicate the reported issue. When a route is generated, whether it be automatically generated or manually generated, the route's sequence may be verified by examining the Route's details to determine whether it has been reversed in response to an operator's previous command to do so. Newly created routes will always sequence from the first waypoint added to the route to the last waypoint added to the route. When the vessel has moved beyond a route's first waypoint and the route is then commanded to be followed, care must be taken to use the Advance Waypoint (MENU->NAVIGATION->ADVANCE WAYPOINT) feature to advance navigation to the first waypoint of the route which one desires to navigate to. This is most commonly the route's second waypoint for to those whose routes first waypoint is their dock, marina, etc.. Failure to do so will cause navigation to be directed to the route's first waypoint ... which you have already moved beyond. There is no need to stop following a route to use the Advance Waypoint feature. The follow from here feature would would typically be used to initiate navigation of a route at a waypoint which is well away from the route's first or last waypoint. In order to use the follow from here feature, the Stop Follow command must first be executed. Only after having verified that the route is in the correct sequence, that navigation is being directed to the desired waypoint of the route and the vessel is steering toward the desired waypoint should the autopilot be engaged. Finally, please note that the autopilot may steer the vessel to the route's course/leg line if the vessel has strayed off of the course line. If you don't want this to occur and should the bearing from the boat's present position directly to the waypoint keep the vessel in safe waters, then the Restart XTE (MENU->NAVIGATION->RESTART XTE) feature may be used cause navigation from the present position to the waypoint prior to engaging the autopilot.