You can also plot in multiple waypoints and string them together, into a “route.”
Use the chartplotter menu to pull this steering screen up, and you’re ready to follow the unit as you steer an accurate course to the waypoint. Most chartplotters also have one or more “steering screens” to choose from, which will display both the desired compass course and the one you’re currently following. With the navigation from your present position to the waypoint then initiated, the chartplotter will give you a compass course to steer. Then, you’ll want to press a “go to” button (or give the screen a swipe, as appropriate for your chartplotter). In other cases you might have a touch-screen and merely need to tap the position you’d like to create a waypoint at. Depending on how advanced your chartplotter is this might mean scrolling a cursor across the chart, then creating a waypoint by pressing a button. To get from point “A” to point “B,” all you’ll have to do is create a waypoint. Locating your position is as simple as looking for the boat icon and/or GPS coordinates on-screen. You can pull up an electronic map (though mariners always refer to their maps as “charts”), which shows your real-time position, speed and direction of travel, and more. Thanks to modern tech, navigating with a modern GPS/chartplotter is a piece of cake. Stay within sight of land and use major landmarks as points of reference. For traditional navigation, use: a compass, charters, parallel rulers and dividers. String waypoints together to create a route utilize auto-pilot when applicable. 
To get from point "A" to point "B," create a waypoint.Make note of your real-time position, speed and direction of travel.If using electronic navigation, start by operating your GPS or chartplotter.Decide on your method: electronic navigation or traditional (analog) navigation.We can break it down into these simple steps.
But don’t let that deter you-just as long as you have a firm grip on the basics, learning how to navigate a boat in most inland and nearshore waterways in normal weather conditions is a piece of cake.
In fact, it takes years of accumulated knowledge and advanced learning to become a marine navigational expert. There are no roads, few signs other than basic navigational markers outlining major channels, and you may have to contend with fog or an inability to see land or landmarks. Navigating a boat is absolutely, positively nothing like navigating a vehicle on land.
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