Chapter 3: Advanced Operation 25
3 Advanced Operation
Operating hints for Wind Vane mode
• Always trim your sails carefully to minimize the amount of
standing helm.
• Reef the headsail and mainsail a little early rather than too late.
• In Wind Vane mode the pilot will react to long-term wind shifts,
but will not correct for short-term changes such as gusts.
• In gusty and unsteady inshore conditions, it is best to sail a few
degrees further off the wind so that changes in apparent wind
direction can be tolerated.
3.3 Displaying data pages
Use the disp key to show ‘data pages’ of SeaTalk or NMEA data:
1. Press disp to access the first data page, and press it again to cycle
through each data page in turn:
• to return to a previous data page, press disp for 1 second
within 2 seconds of displaying a page
• when you cycle past the last data page, the display returns to
the current autopilot mode screen (for example, Auto)
D4373-2
Apparent wind angle
AutoTack
angle
After tacking, you may need to make
minor course changes to achieve the
desired apparent wind angle
AutoTack to Port
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