Dynamic easyrouting utilizing onboard sensors

A marine electronic device for making dynamic routing decisions for a watercraft, the marine electronic device comprising:

• a processor;
• and
• a memory including computer program code configured to, when executed, cause the processor to:
• receive sensor data from one or more sensors located on the watercraft while the watercraft is actively being used in a first voyage, wherein the sensor data includes at least one of a pitch of the watercraft, a heave of the watercraft, a roll of the watercraft, a yaw of the watercraft, G-forces of the watercraft, an autopilot drive activity, a drive load, or a rudder angle;
• create a weather profile based on the sensor data from the one or more sensors located on the watercraft, and without using any external data, wherein the weather profile is specific to a current position of the watercraft;
• make a determination of one or more watercraft operation changes based on the weather profile, wherein the one or more watercraft operation changes includes at least one of a change in power level at a motor, a change in direction of the watercraft, a change in direction for the motor, rotation of a rudder, raising the motor, lowering the motor, rotation of a sail, raising other underwater components, or lowering the other underwater components;
• generate, as part of the weather profile, a current ride-comfort characteristic value using the sensor data and a model developed through artificial intelligence, the model being formed based on historical correlations between sensor data from the one or more sensors and a ride-comfort characteristic value indicative of passenger comfort or sea-sickness risk;
• compare the current ride-comfort characteristic value to a predetermined comfort threshold;
• and
• make, when the current ride-comfort characteristic value exceeds the comfort threshold, the one or more watercraft operation changes based on the determination while the watercraft is actively being used during the first voyage,
• wherein the marine electronic device is located on the watercraft.

A non-transitory computer readable medium having stored thereon software instructions that, when executed by a processor, cause the processor to generate display data by:

• receiving sensor data from one or more sensors located on the watercraft while the watercraft is actively being used in a first voyage, wherein the sensor data includes at least one of a pitch of the watercraft, a heave of the watercraft, a roll of the watercraft, a yaw of the watercraft, G-forces of the watercraft, an autopilot drive activity, a drive load, or a rudder angle;
• creating a weather profile based on the sensor data, wherein the weather profile is specific to a current position of the watercraft;
• making a determination of one or more watercraft operation changes based on the weather profile, wherein the one or more watercraft operation changes includes at least one of a change in power level at a motor, a change in direction of the watercraft, a change in direction for the motor, rotation of a rudder, raising the motor, lowering the motor, rotation of a sail, raising other underwater components, or lowering the other underwater components;
• generating, as part of the weather profile, a current ride-comfort characteristic value using the sensor data and a model developed through artificial intelligence, the model being formed based on historical correlations between sensor data from the one or more sensors and a ride-comfort characteristic value indicative of passenger comfort or sea-sickness risk;
• comparing the current ride-comfort characteristic value to a predetermined comfort threshold;
• and
• making, when the current ride-comfort characteristic value exceeds the comfort threshold, the one or more watercraft operation changes based on the determination while the watercraft is actively being used during the first voyage.