The Sail Plan dialog is used for creating an Amver Sail Plan and then saving that Sail Plan in binary for transmission on the Standard - C unit for distribution to the coast guard.

AMVER What and When to Report to AMVER Sail Plan:
A Sail Plan should be submitted within a few hours of departure. It must include the departure and destination ports and enough turning points to predict the vessel's actual position within 25 nautical miles for the next 48 hours. The Sail Plan is limited to a maximum of 13 Way Point entries and must be terminated with a destination port. The legs that are not included in the initial Sail Plan should be entered into a Deviation Report and transmitted to AMVER later in the voyage. The Sail Plan defines a port-to-port and the Deviation Report defines a point-to-port open ocean route. The ports names and locations are restricted to the 6000+ ports identified by AMVER. In the binary AMVER message, port numbers are sent instead of names and locations. The AMVER port list locations are often the sea buoys where tracking starts and stops. As a result several ports located within restricted waters may have a common position. Always use the closest port. The 'Find port' command searches for ports near the position specified with the closest port listed first. When the port is selected, its position replaces the inputted location.

A Sail Plan or Deviation Report must be entered before a valid Position or Arrival can be created because they define the destination port.

Comments: Enter any comments that are to be sent with the report in the comment field. These comments are place on X/ lines in the AMVER report.

Date - Date that ship is at given position in format indicated: YYYY MM DD.

Departure - The location and time of ship departure from the port.

Destination - The location and time of ship arrival at the port.

Do Not Enter speed radio button - Indicates that ship speed will not be currently input but will be determined by the input of the arrival time of ship at next leg.

Enter Speed radio button - Indicates the ship speed will determine arrival time of ship at next leg.

Forward - Used for forwarding Amver Information to other programs. (LINK)See Administration definition.

Latitude - Ship position in degrees, minutes and direction. Formatted as DD MM N/S

Longitude - Ship position in degrees, minutes and direction. Formatted as DDD MM E/W

Medical Staff - Describes the type of medical staff that are currently on board the ship. In case of emergency informs the Coast Guard Amver of medical capabilities.

NV - Sail Plan Default Navigation Method, RL Rhumline, CO coastal, GC great circle. Navigational method used to calculate distances.

Port - The ports names and locations are restricted to the 6000+ ports identified by AMVER. In the binary AMVER message, port numbers are sent instead of names and locations. The AMVER port list locations are often the sea buoys where tracking starts and stops. As a result several ports located within restricted waters may have a common position. Always use the closest port.

Project Speed Throughout - While it is checked: It sets all succeeding speeds to the currently entered speed. New entries will contain the speed of the last entry entered. Entries brought up for editing that already contain a speed value will keep their original value, and when that value is entered, all succeeding entries will be set to that value. "Project Speed Throughout" stays checked until it is unchecked. Once unchecked succeeding speeds will no longer be set.

 

While it is checked, the speed of any selection that is brought up for editing, sets all succeeding speed entries to that value. New entries will contain the speed of the last entry entered if Project Speed Throughout is checked.

Ship Speed Knots - Ship Speed at the given time and position in knots.

Time - Time that ship is at given position in format indicated: HH MM.

Way Point - The location and time of ship at each leg in the route.

Waypoint Position definitions:

Number - Reference point for editing waypoint.
Append - Way Point is being added to end.
Edit - Previously input waypoint at Number indicated is being edited.
Insert Before - Waypoint is to be inserted before Number indicated

Dialog Operation:

Dialog Access - In order to create or edit an Sail Plan, select 'AMVER' and then 'Sail Plan'' from the AMVER/SEAS menu. Clicking the button on the AMVER SEAS main menu also opens the plan.

Entering a New Sail Plan:

Departure - Click 'Departure' button to enter the departure information into the edit boxes. Determine if ship speed will determine final Destination time, or if final Destination time will determine ship speed. Then check if appropriate the 'enter speed' box. Select navigation calculation type. Enter ship speed if ,(if not calculated from destination time) and position data. Enter date and time of departure. Click on 'Enter' button on far right of dialog. Select port from 'Ports Search' dialog.

Way Point - Click on 'Way Point' button to enter waypoint information. Select navigation calculation type. Enter ship speed and position data. Enter date and time of way point (if not calculated). Click on 'Enter' button on far right of dialog. Continue to enter waypoints until completed.

Destination - Click on 'Destination' button. Enter position data. If desired, date and time of destination can be entered, (if not calculated by departure speed). Check the 'Enter Time' box to set the destination time. Please note that setting the destination time, will calculate and set an average speed for all points. Click on 'Enter' button on far right of dialog. Select port from 'Ports Search' dialog.

Editing a Sail Plan:

Departure - Click 'Departure' button or double click on departure information in list box. Departure information appears in top box for editing. Edit information as necessary. Click on 'Enter' button on far right of dialog. Select port from 'Ports Search' dialog.

Way Point - Double click on Way Point information that needs editing in list box. Way Point information will appear in top box for editing. Edit information as necessary. Set Way Point Position information. Click on 'Enter' button at far right of dialog. If 'Way Point' button at left of dialog is clicked then new way point information can be entered.

Destination - Click 'Destination' button or double click on departure information in list box. Destination information appears in top box for editing. Edit information as necessary. Click on 'Enter' button on far right of dialog. Select port from 'Ports Search' dialog. Entering Previously Saved Sail Plan: From the menu select 'File'|'Open Sail Plan' to open previously saved AMVERSEAS Sail Plans. Or alternatively from the menu select 'File'|'Open Amver Report' to open previously saved Waypoints for Windows Sail Plans.

Deleting - Double click on information in table to be deleted. Information should now appear in top box. Click on delete button on right. This will remove information from table.

Data Transmission - Once the Sail Plan is filled out then the data is saved in binary for transmission. From the menu select 'Transmit'|'Binary' to save the data in binary format or alternatively click on the 'Transmit Binary' button. The transmitted Sail Plan's file name is SP.bin. This converts the data to binary for transmission on the Standard - C unit for distribution to the Coast Guard. If a transceiver is connected to the AMVER/SEAS computer and Automatic Binary File Transmission is enabled in the transceiver setup, the report is automatically transmitted. Data can also be saved in ASCII by selecting 'Transmit'|'Save ASCII' from the menu.

Menu Operation:

File:

New - Clears all current sail plan data and opens up edit boxes for input of departure information.
Open Sail Plan - Opens up list of saved sail plans.
Open Amver Report - Open up reports created in other systems such as waypoints for windows.
Rename - Rename current sail plan.
Print - Prints the sail plan information.
Save - Saves sail plan. Saved file can be opened up with 'Open Sail Plan'.
Exit and Save - Saves sail plan and returns user to AMVER SEAS main screen.
Cancel - Cancels all changes and returns user to AMVER SEAS main screen.

Transmit:

Save Binary - Saves the data in binary for data transmission.
Save ASCII - Saves the data in ASCII for transmission

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