![]() ![]() Plan the route per the weather and where you want to wind up for the night and perhaps a couple of bail out points along the way if the weather is not as expected. ![]() I personally keep these alerts up to date with the latest information from USACE surveys, personal data, and high quality reviews by those transiting the areas. It incorporates all the GPX routes through the shallow area automatically since I went through every one on the way south.įinally, to help in planning your day, a compilation of Waterway Guide Alerts is given on the download page under, Waterway Guide Shoaling Alerts. The tracks can be followed or just used for reference and can be thought of as a “New Magenta Line” that actually worked for good depth (outlined for each track in the description) this fall. I’ve accumulated a lot of tracks so to make things easier, I gathered all the tracks into one file as below: You can see in the graphic that a track is longer than the GPX routes I publish since a track is an entire day’s run, not just through a shallow area. The link is also located under the header for the main webpage. Instructions on how to download tracks are at Download Instructions. Aqua Map wrote a lead-in for my webpage to display the tracks and provided a download button for easy downloading into various programs and apps, especially Aqua Map. They are divided into daily segments with a description for each track and mile marker coverage at Track Descriptions. This fall I recorded my tracks as I headed south and made them available at Bob423 ICW Tracks. At the bottom of the page on the link, there are additional instructions on how to download GPX routes into various apps and programs. ![]() If you use these routes, be sure you have the latest one by looking at the time stamp in the name since I update the routes as new information and surveys come in. The routes can be accessed at GPX Routes. Each route has a time stamp in the title such as BLock121118, which stands for Lockwoods Folly route as of. The short routes are listed on my blog page at the left under GPX Routes with a short description for each. To summarize, I have long routes that I use for general point A to point B navigation and short routes specifically aimed at shallow spots. They are short routes only through the hazard and they make a lot of turns to follow the deepest water based on my past experience through the area and USACE surveys. Examples include routes through the shallows south of Fernandina Beach in Florida, Hell Gate in Georgia, Dawho River in South Carolina and many others. Another type of route available is for passages through specific shallow spots along the ICW. ![]() I don’t publish these routes because I usually make real time adjustments as I proceed. I don’t necessarily fine tune the route to include every single small turn. The same is true for a route if you use an app other than Navionics, which doesn’t allow for exporting or importing routes or tracks except to other Navionics apps or partner chartplotters. If you had a successful day and recorded your track, you can send it to others. A route is similar to a track, but it’s planned in advance so the captain can follow a path from point A to point B without having to do real-time adjustments for shallow water or other charted obstructions. In the navigation app Aqua Map, it shows as a dotted line on the chart. What’s the difference between a track and a route? Which is best for you? To begin, be aware that tracks and routes are both available in the Waterway Explorer web app.Ī track is like a crumb trail of where your boat went and is usually just a recording of your boat’s progress for any given time period. Source: Bob Sherer, Waterway Guide Contributing Editor Tracks vs Routes – What’s the Difference? ![]()
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