erence course or average. When in the Head/Lift Mode, the segments will point in the
direction you are heading relative to the average. For example, if you are on port tack
and are being lifted, the segments will fill to the left on the display, indicating that you
are heading more to the left than your port tack average. Note that the segments are
also pointing upwind, reminding you that this is a lift on starboard tack. The word
"
LIFT
" will also be displayed on the upper left hand corner of the remote display.
Important:
In Head/Lift Mode you do not select which course to use, the computer
does. It "thinks" you are on port tack if you are closer to the port tack average than the
starboard tack average. Each time you tack, the compass automatically switches to the
proper reference heading for that tack. The principal advantage of this feature is that
you don't have to touch the compass after the start of the race (unless the averages
change). However, two things you should keep in mind: if you mistakenly enter the
port tack average into the starboard tack memory slot, the head/lift information will
be backwards. This is because higher numbers are headers on port and lifts on star-
board. The computer knows this, so you have to keep the two straight. The other
thing you should keep in mind is that if you get a permanent wind shift of more than
45 degrees, you have to enter new averages, because then you could be closer to the
port tack average and still be on starboard tack. The latter is usually not a problem
since such a drastic windshift occurs rarely, and when it does, you have to recompute
your averages anyway.
5. Starting Timer Mode
The Timer feature works in the same manner as the other buttons.
To use the Starting Timer:
1. Press the
timer button
at the 10 minute gun. If
the timer is not already running, the first push
will start it at 10 minutes "
0.00
"*. The timer will
begin counting down in seconds immediately.
The countdown will appear on the Sailcomp dis-
play as large digits and the upper display will
disappear.
2. Once the timer is running and counting down on the Sailcomp display, subsequent
pushes on the timer button will reset the timer to a 5 minute countdown.
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*If the timer was already activated and then you exited the timer mode to enter another mode,
the next push on the yellow button will put you back into timer mode and show you the time
remaining on the timer from the initial push, but will not reset the timer.
First press on timer button starts 10
minute countdown
