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A quick radar plotting for that target can give the clear
picture of the movement of the target.
Radar plotting
Now for CPA, we need to find the closest point of the line
of approach to the center.
To do that just draw a line perpendicular to the line of
approach and measure the distance of this line from the
scale in the radar plotting sheet.
To get that,
It is the easiest way to find the CPA of the targets. But the
issue with the relative approach is that we do not know
with certainty the angle at which the target vessel is
approaching us.
All targets with Red aspect on our port side and with
green aspect on our starboard side are usually “no danger
targets”.
This is just one of the example. But we can use the radar
plotting to solve situations like
How much speed must we reduce to maintain a
certain CPA with the target?
Conclusion