Windpilot PACIFIC LIGHT - Switching Back to Manual Steering; Emergency; Normal Use; Removing the System in Harbour;For Winter Storage

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end stops, adjust the tiller connection or wheel
adaptor position until the movement is more evenly
distributed.
 • Ifthewindvaneispermanentlywellovertoone
side, correct the course setting at the windvane
shaft.
 • Checkthedegreescale.
 • NOTE:thereadingonthescaleatthewindvane
shaft 140 may differ slightly from the reading
on your wind instrument. This is because wind
conditions at deck level tend to be different from
those at the top of the mast.
2.2.8 SWITCHING BACK TO MANUAL STEERING
2.2.8.1 EMERGENCY
 • Disconnectthesteeringlinesfromthemain
steering (tiller: disengage chain, wheel: release
wheel adaptor adjustment levers).
 • Thewindvanegearisnowcompletelyisolatedand
will not interfere with the steering in any way. You
may alter course as desired.
2.2.8.2 NORMAL USE
 • Removethewindvane.
 • Disconnectthesteeringlinesfromthemain
steering.
 • Liftupthependulumrudderusingtheredline.
 • CAUTION:slowdownbeforeattemptingtoliftup
the pendulum rudder. If the boat is moving too
fast, there will be too much resistance to raise the
pendulum rudder.
 • Thependulumruddermayactuallybeleftinthe
water without doing any harm, but don’t forget to
lift it up out of the way before entering harbour/
manoeuvring under engine.
2.2.9 REMOVING THE SYSTEM IN HARBOUR/FOR
WINTER STORAGE
 • Releasebolt…
 • Securethesystemwithasafetyline.
 • Removethesystem.
 • Thereisnoneedtoremovethemountingbracket.
 • CAUTION:Whenfitting/removingyourPACIFIC
LIGHT be sure never to handle/lift it by the
windvane shaft 140 alone. The shaft is retained
by just a single locking screw 207 (M4) and is not
designed to bear the weight of the whole unit.
 • Thesystemisbesthandled/liftedusingthe
pendulum arm and the casting 220 at the base of
the windvane shaft.