CPC B63B 35/00 (2013.01) [B63H 25/02 (2013.01); B63H 25/46 (2013.01); G05D 1/0208 (2013.01); B63B 2035/008 (2013.01); B63B 2213/02 (2013.01); B63H 2025/028 (2013.01)] | 17 Claims |
1. A system for remotely navigating a marine vessel, the system comprising:
a marine location management system located remote and separate from the marine vessel and comprising:
a storage medium adapted to store geographical coordinates of at least one marine location, wherein the at least one marine location is located within a location selected from the group consisting of a marina, a mooring field, and a lock;
a communication module adapted to receive a geographical location of the marine vessel; and
a processor, in communication with the storage medium and the communication module, adapted to:
determine at least one available location of the at least one marine location to receive the marine vessel, each available location associated with corresponding geographical coordinates;
determine a navigation plan based on the corresponding geographical coordinates of the at least one available location and the geographical location of the marine vessel; and
identify an optimal available location of the at least one available location based on one or more selection criteria; and
a vessel control system for controlling at least one motor located on the marine vessel, the vessel control system configured:
(i) to receive the navigation plan corresponding to the optimal available location determined by the processor, wherein one or both of the processor and the vessel control system are configured to calculate a set of thrust vectors based on the navigation plan; and
(ii) control the at least one motor based on the set of thrust vectors to navigate the marine vessel to the optimal available location.
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