Integration (lack of?) between displays on Raymarine HSB2 Pathfinded series

[MapisM]

I just finished plotting a short route on the L1260 that I've got in the p/house.
Among my three MFDs, that's the only one with card slots (C-map NT+, 2 of them).
Both the second MFD in the p/house and the one on the f/bridge are RL80, all connected.
In fact, all three can show either chart, radar or sounder screens nicely.

But after plotting the route on the L1260, I couldn't see it in any of the other two MFDs.
Now, I have no issues with seeing the route only on one of the two p/house displays, but not having it replicated on on the f/b screen, possibly needing to re-plot it, is akin to a practical joke...
Is that really a ridiculous lack of functionality, or am I missing some trick?

A quick look at the manual didn't help - though I must admit that I didn't spend hours on it, 'cause it ain't exactly an attractive reading...
And who needs the manuals when there's the forum, anyway!?
Many thanks in advance, folks!

 

[MapisM]

Ok folks, please let this thread get lost, going down in the cyberspace asap.
Routes do get replicated automatically on all MFDs, I just had a blonde moment and didn't understand that they do.
Apologies to those who dedicated some time to read the question, even if nobody could answer.
Unsurprisingly, in hindsight...

 

[Hurricane]

Ok folks, please let this thread get lost, going down in the cyberspace asap.
Routes do get replicated automatically on all MFDs, I just had a blonde moment and didn't understand that they do.
Apologies to those who dedicated some time to read the question, even if nobody could answer.
Unsurprisingly, in hindsight...

I used to use routes a lot but these days it is just the plain auto pilot or a simple go to cursor.
Shame, you would expect more from me.
However, I do keep an electronic track running all the time as a record.

 

[MapisM]

Actually, I fully understand that, M.
In many cruising areas, finding your destination on the map and pressing go to cursor is all you really need.
Nowadays, when I'm around S Sardinia, most of the times I don't even bother checking the map and using go to cursor, in spite of the fact that I used to cruise on a/p 99.9% of the time, with the old lady. I simply go visually and use auto, also for steering.
That's more than enough when you know the area - in fact, as you might remember, I didn't even have a plotter on the f/b.

That said, the HR archipelago is a completely different story, due to its many long, narrow islands running more or less parallel to the mainland coastline.
Just as an example based on some planning which I just made on the PC, from where we are now to Zadar it's just a bit more than 50 Nm, but the route I plotted required 43 waypoints, no less!
And that's without considering several short deviations for stopovers which we are thinking to make, dropping the hook here and there for overnighting or just for a swim.
Btw, some of those waypoints are inside narrowish channels between islets - not a situation where you want to re-check your plotter while steaming, in order to find and fix the next goto cursor.

I'm not complaining, mind. It's all part of the fun, but without routes, this type of forced zig-zag navigation would be a real pita.
Even auto-routing (which I don't have on my instruments) would be a handy feature here, though I'm not sure I would trust it 100%.
And if you can't resist re-checking the self-generated route, you can as well enter it yourself...

 

[AndieMac]

Actually, I fully understand that, M.
In many cruising areas, finding your destination on the map and pressing go to cursor is all you really need.
Nowadays, when I'm around S Sardinia, most of the times I don't even bother checking the map and using go to cursor, in spite of the fact that I used to cruise on a/p 99.9% of the time, with the old lady. I simply go visually and use auto, also for steering.
That's more than enough when you know the area - in fact, as you might remember, I didn't even have a plotter on the f/b.

That said, the HR archipelago is a completely different story, due to its many long, narrow islands running more or less parallel to the mainland coastline.
Just as an example based on some planning which I just made on the PC, from where we are now to Zadar it's just a bit more than 50 Nm, but the route I plotted required 43 waypoints, no less!
And that's without considering several short deviations for stopovers which we are thinking to make, dropping the hook here and there for overnighting or just for a swim.
Btw, some of those waypoints are inside narrowish channels between islets - not a situation where you want to re-check your plotter while steaming, in order to find and fix the next goto cursor.

I'm not complaining, mind. It's all part of the fun, but without routes, this type of forced zig-zag navigation would be a real pita.
Even auto-routing (which I don't have on my instruments) would be a handy feature here, though I'm not sure I would trust it 100%.
And if you can't resist re-checking the self-generated route, you can as well enter it yourself...

Navigating through all the islands on the Dalmation Coast, how does it compare to the myriad of islands along the Baltic Coast of Southern Finland when you did the trip with Scubaman, Helsinki to Vyborg.....besides the HR islands generally being bigger and longer?

 

[MapisM]

Navigating through all the islands on the Dalmation Coast, how does it compare to the myriad of islands along the Baltic Coast of Southern Finland when you did the trip with Scubaman, Helsinki to Vyborg.....besides the HR islands generally being bigger and longer?

Good question, C.
From a navigation standpoint (possible convenience of using routes etc.), there are indeed similarities.
But the landscape is completely different - Nordic vs. Mediterranean, to state the obvious.
Though what that means exactly, it's actually hard to explain. More a matter of feeling than anything else.
What I can positively confirm is that both areas are very peculiar and well worth seeing.
Btw, if it weren't for the climate, which obviously make me tend towards the Med generally speaking, I would be very much in doubt about which one to suggest to someone who has cruised neither. :encouragement:

 

[Hurricane]

Actually, I fully understand that, M.
In many cruising areas, finding your destination on the map and pressing go to cursor is all you really need.
Nowadays, when I'm around S Sardinia, most of the times I don't even bother checking the map and using go to cursor, in spite of the fact that I used to cruise on a/p 99.9% of the time, with the old lady. I simply go visually and use auto, also for steering.
That's more than enough when you know the area - in fact, as you might remember, I didn't even have a plotter on the f/b.

That said, the HR archipelago is a completely different story, due to its many long, narrow islands running more or less parallel to the mainland coastline.
Just as an example based on some planning which I just made on the PC, from where we are now to Zadar it's just a bit more than 50 Nm, but the route I plotted required 43 waypoints, no less!
And that's without considering several short deviations for stopovers which we are thinking to make, dropping the hook here and there for overnighting or just for a swim.
Btw, some of those waypoints are inside narrowish channels between islets - not a situation where you want to re-check your plotter while steaming, in order to find and fix the next goto cursor.

I'm not complaining, mind. It's all part of the fun, but without routes, this type of forced zig-zag navigation would be a real pita.
Even auto-routing (which I don't have on my instruments) would be a handy feature here, though I'm not sure I would trust it 100%.
And if you can't resist re-checking the self-generated route, you can as well enter it yourself...

Yep - point taken (pun intended)
I would probably revert to routes in those circumstances.