Courses
The Auto Guidance feature is based on electronic chart information. That data does not ensure obstacle and bottom clearance. Carefully compare the course to all visual sightings, and avoid any land, shallow water, or other obstacles that may be in your path.
When using Go To, a direct course and a corrected course may pass over land or shallow water. Use visual sightings, and steer to avoid land, shallow water, and other dangerous objects.
Garmin® recommends using Guide To only under motor power. Using Guide To while under sail can cause an unexpected gybe, risking damage to the sailboat. Unattended sails and rigging can be damaged or cause injury to any crew or passengers during an unexpected gybe maneuver.
You can set and follow a course to a destination using one of three methods: Go To, Route To, or Guide To.
- Go To
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Takes you directly to the destination. This is the standard option for navigating to a destination. The chartplotter creates a straight line course or navigation line to the destination. The path may run over land and other obstacles.
- Route To
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Creates a route from your location to a destination, allowing you to add turns along the way. This option provides a straight line course to the destination, but allows you to add turns into the route that avoid land and other obstacles.
- Auto Guidance
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Creates a path to a destination using Auto Guidance. This option is available only when using a compatible premium chart in a compatible chartplotter. It provides a turn-by-turn navigation line to the destination, avoiding land and other obstacles. The navigation line is based on the chart data and the safe depth, safe height, and shoreline distance user-defined chartplotter settings. Using these settings and chart data, the chartplotter creates a navigation line that avoids all areas that cannot be navigated between the present location and the destination. When you are using a compatible Garmin autopilot connected to the chartplotter using NMEA 2000®, the autopilot follows the Auto Guidance route.