PLANNING A 'HOW FAR CAN I GET' ROUTE

Step 1

• Enter a title for the route. Make this meaningful as it will be how the route is referred to when loading the route or printing out the route.
• The default values for speed, lock delay and moveable bridge delay are retrieved from the default values (as defined in settings). You may update these if you wish.
• Click Next > to continue

Step 2

Step 2 requires you to choose a starting location. You can select this location in one of 3 ways.

• ‘Select’ a waterway from the drop down list, then choose the location from the resulting list of locations
• ‘Find’ a location by entering part of a location name into the text box and clicking the search button. You can then select the location you require from the matching list of locations
• Choose a location from ‘My Locations’. The ‘My locations’ tab will display a list of all your favourite locations, for you to select from.

You also need to define the length of your trip by entering:

• Number of cruising days
• Number of cruising hours per day
• Select whether the trip is a one way trip or a round trip

Once you have selected a location and completed the 'Time Allowance' section, clicking ‘Next >’ will take you to the next step.

If performing a round-trip route, you should be aware that

1. The return journey will the outbound journey reversed.  If you want to plan a route involving the same start and finish location and a loop or ring of somekind, then you should use the A-to-B planning method.
2. The How Far Can I Get planning tool will always make your furthest destination either a junction or a turning point, as it assumes that a boat cannot just turn anywhere.  If you have a craft which you can turn anywhere, or you expect your final destination to be on a waterway which is wide enough to turn your boat (e.g. River Thames), then you should not use the round trip functionality.  Instead you should halve your Time Allowance and plan a one way trip, in order to get the furthest location.

Please note: Calculating how far routes, when you have clicked 'Next >' may take several minutes. Time will depend on the amount of time you have allowed for your route and the speed of your PC.

The progress of the search is shown on screen and at any point you can press ESC which will stop the search and return all the routes found up until that point.