 The SmartCPA is an intelligent anti-collision
system that takes into account the speed and type of ships encountered to
trigger a visual and audible alarm.
If you are sailing on a full size
pleasure sailboat, you have often seen another sailboat at a reasonable distance
but still close enough to be able to wave your hand to the helmsman of that
boat. It will not occur to you to get close enough to a container ship 300
meters long and 60 wide advancing at 25 knots to be able to wave to the
helmsman. If you passed the first one within 50 meters you will probably prefer
to keep at least 500 meters between you and the container ship.
This is exactly what the SmartCPA system does by adapting the triggering of the
anti-collision alarm according not only to the road but also to the speed and
characteristics of the boats on or near your route. StarNavPilot's
anti-collision alarm continuously calculates not only the possible points of
intersection of the routes of all the boats in the area, but also the approach
distances. The system will take into account the characteristics of the vessel
transmitted by the AIS to determine whether this approach distance is acceptable
or not.
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