Sailing to a waypoint using Fenix 7

1965276 4 months ago

Wonder if anyone can help.

I am using the Garmin sail app to navigate to a single waypoint with the following app config attributes

Routing activity : Direct Routing

Courses : Use Map

Type : Bearing

On my old Garmin Foretrek 101 it had a turn data field that showed how many degrees Left or Rght of the waypoint you were traveling but i cant work out how to show this on the Fenix. For the minute i am using the following data fields and having to do it in my head, the difference between Bearing and GPS heading seems to be the Left or Right degree i am looking for.

Speed

VMG

Bearing

GPS Heading

Any help would be appreciated

0 1965276 4 months ago

Using the App Builder 5 to create a datafield and setting the Compass to GPS mode the following formula seems to work ;

If(Bearing-CourseOverGround gt 180, CourseOverGround-Bearing + 360 + ' LEFT',IF(Bearing-CourseOverGround gt 0,Bearing-CourseOverGround + ' RIGHT',IF(Bearing-CourseOverGround gt -90,CourseOverGround-Bearing + ' LEFT',Bearing-CourseOverGround + 360 + ' RIGHT')))

Hope this helps another sailor