Watercraft navigation safety system

A method comprising:

• transmitting one or more navigation instructions to at least one motor controller to cause a watercraft to be navigated along a route;
• receiving marine electronic data from one or more marine electronic data sources as the watercraft travels along the route;
• determining, based on the marine electronic data, if a hazard is in a projected path of the watercraft based on the route;
• determining a distance to the hazard from the watercraft;
• determining if the distance to the hazard is within an applied threshold distance of a plurality of threshold distances;
• and
• causing, via the at least one motor controller, the watercraft to stop before reaching the hazard in an instance in which the hazard is determined to be in the projected path and the distance to the hazard is within the applied threshold distance.

A non-transitory computer-readable medium comprised of at least one memory device having computer program instructions stored thereon, the computer program instructions being configured, when run by a processor, to:

• transmit one or more navigation instructions to at least one motor controller to cause a watercraft to be navigated along a route;
• receive marine electronic data from one or more marine electronic data sources as the watercraft travels along the route;
• determine, based on the marine electronic data, if a hazard is in a projected path of the watercraft based on the route;
• determine a distance to the hazard from the watercraft;
• determine if the distance to the hazard is within an applied threshold distance of a plurality of threshold distances;
• and
• cause, via the at least one motor controller, the watercraft to stop before reaching the hazard in an instance which the hazard is determined to be in the projected path and the distance to the hazard is within the applied threshold distance.