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NaviSailor 3000
Navi-Sailor 3000 ECDIS is a new-generation Electronic Chart Display and Information System, which has been issued with a 'Wheelmark'- approval from DNV.
Navi-Sailor 3000 ECDIS incorporates the full functionality of the previous version of Transas ECDIS, Navi-Sailor 2400 ECDIS, and in addition to this, features an array of innovative, state-of-the-art features, including radar overlay, integrated weather forecast service, AIS interface, enhanced route planning facilities and extremely convenient user interface.
Navi-Sailor 3000 ECDIS has been designed to meet the requirements of all types of commercial vessels and naval ships wishing to benefit from the advanced modern ECDIS technology.
Transas charts:
The in-house production of vector electronic charts is one of the many areas of expertise in Transas' company activities. To-date, the Transas World Collection consists of more than 10,000 charts, all digitised to the highest quality and level of accuracy, produced from paper chart data published by all the major national Hydrographic Offices. The worldwide coverage achieved by the Transas Chart Collection, secures safe navigation in practically any region across the globe.
Radar overlay:
| Navi-Sailor 3000 ECDIS can be fitted with a dedicated RadarIntegrator Board (RIB) from Transas. RIB is capable of converting the radar's video signal to digital form, which allows overlaying a radar picture on the electronic chart.
Advantages of RadarIntegrator include:
Unique combination of the electronic chart and radar image overlay on a single display
ARPA functions with the capability of tracking up to 500 targets simultaneously
Advanced voyage data recording
Brightness, gain, sea and rain clutter on-screen control
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Route planning:
The Navi-Sailor 3000 ECDIS Route Plan table contains the following:
Geographical data (coordinates, course, GC/RL…)
Schedule information (ETA, ETD, Average speed…)
Route Plan calculations take into account relevant weather and current information
Other useful capabilities of the Route Planning facility include:
'Check Route' functionality, both online and after the planning
Upload route to GPS
Graphical on-screen and tabular route plan editing
Equalising of data between Master and Slave station(-s)
Print out of Route Plan information
| Autopilot:
Navi-Sailor 3000 ECDIS provides a facility for sailing in the Autopilot mode.
Search and Rescue Operations:
Navi-Sailor 3000 ECDIS allows a route to be created in accordance with the following search schemes recommended by the international SAR Convention:
Expanding Square
Parallel Track/ Creeping Line
Sector Search
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Integrated Navtex information:
The Transas Navtex Manager facility is capable of:
Automatic reading of messages arriving via NAVTEX and their processing;
Extracting co-ordinates, area, transmitting station, topic and other parameters;
Saving NAVTEX messages onto the hard disk and displaying the message mark on the electronic chart;
Generating automatic alarms upon the entry in the area of note, received from the NAVTEX, or at the approach to a single message mark.
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Integrated weather information:
The Weather Wizard module integrated into Navi-Sailor 3000 ECDIS allows weather data from the UK Meteorological Office to be delivered to Transas users via E-mail and to be processed automatically. Weather forecasts can be obtained for a period of up to 5 days.
Monitored parameters include:
Pressure
Wind speed and direction
Significant height of waves
Swell (height, period, direction) | 
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UAIS interface:
The Navi-Sailor 3000 ECDIS - (U)AIS transponder interface provides the following capabilities:
Display of (U)AIS targets on the screen
Full target information
Sending and receipt of messages and target information
Fast search of targets on name, IMO number, MMSI, and Call sign; highlighting of the selected target on the electronic chart screen
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In May 2003, the 'Navi-Sailor 3000 ECDIS - UAIS Transponder interface for collision avoidance' won the prestigious Cruise & Ferry '2003 Award in the category ,'Best innovation in safety systems or safety technology'.
UAIS interface:
The Navi-Sailor 3000 ECDIS - (U)AIS transponder interface provides the following capabilities:
Display of (U)AIS targets on the screen
Full target information
Sending and receipt of messages and target information
Fast search of targets on name, IMO number, MMSI, and Call sign; highlighting of the selected target on the electronic chart screen
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User-adjustable interface:
The simultaneous display of two chart panels is provided with the Navi-Sailor 3000 ECDIS. For the user's convenience, each panel is displayed independently and can be controlled by a separate toolbar. Similarly, the user can control both the size and layout of the panels. On the chart panels, any combination the vessel motion modes consisting of Head-Up/ North-Up/ Course-Up and True Motion/ Relative Motion can be displayed.
The new Navi-Sailor uses a MS Windows interface for the control of all information panels within the system. Unrivalled flexibility is achieved for the user in terms of ease of use due to the design of the main information panel. The navigator can easily hide the main information panel, which allows more space for the display of the chart panels. Any of the expandable windows of the main panel can be docked on the chart panel for active use. In addition, information from any of the sensors, which the system is interfaced with, is now even more readily available and can be called onto the screen with a single click.
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