NavTools Route offers the user a general voyage planning environment with many tools and utilities, you will be able to:
Enter waypoints and calculate required courses and distancesEnter dates and time for Start of Seavoyage and Scheduled time of arrivalCalculate required speed as well as required engine rpm settingCalculate estimated fuel consumption during the voyageView average weather conditions on each stretch of the intended voyage (scheduled engine rpm setting will include these weather conditions)Connect your PC to a GPS using a NMEA0183 serial connection and automatically update and log positionfixes to disk.Continously update required speed and engine setting during the voyage in order to arrive on time with minimal fuel consumption.Departure, Position, and Arrival reports can be created fully automatically for a large number of reporting systems (f.i. AMVER, SISTRAM, AUSREP, etc) and exported either to email or to textfile or printer.Enter a list of required charts and publicationsEnter a list of required reporting points during the voyageEnter presently active navigational warnings and calculate ETA and closest distance from scheduled routeEnter and update presently active tropical storms and calculate ETA and closest aproach during scheduled voyageView and update all relevant data on departure and arrival port (including pilot traject, details pilotstation, etc)Continously update the 'master schedule' and calculate estimated fuel consumption and required speed on roundtrip.Calculate squat during the voyageCalculate required distance and time to reduce engine rpmCalculate wheel over point distances for each turn during the voyageAll lists can be exported to email or text or database file for further editing.