Raymarine LIGHTHOUSE 3, Advanced Operation Instructions

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Menu item and description Options
In Head-up the top of the screen always points towards your vessel’s
current heading, and as your heading changes the chart rotates
accordingly.
Course-up
In Course-up the top of the screen always points towards your destination,
and as your destination changes the chart rotates accordingly.
Boat position
The boat position determines the position of your vessel icon onscreen.
The default is Center but you can adjust this to provide a greater distance
in front of your vessel.
Your boat position can only be changed when Chart motion is set to
Relative motion.
• Center
• Partial offset
• Full offset
Sync view with other charts:
All charts with Sync turned On will synchronize orientation and position.
• On
• Off
Laylines
The Laylines tab is available when a Sailing is selected as your boating activity during the MFD’s
initial start up wizard.
Menu item and description Options
Sail Performance
Choose between Layline types:
• Not set — Laylines are disabled.
• Fixed Angles — the vectors are created based on specified Upwind
and Downwind angles. These angles are set by default to 45° and 165°
respectively and can be configured in the menu.
• Polars — the vectors use an imported polar table for your vessel to
create the laylines.
• Not set
• Fixed
• Polar
Upwind angle
When Fixed angle sail performance is selected you can set the angle of
upwind layline calculations
• 15° to 70°
• 45° (default)
Downwind angle
When Fixed angle sail performance is selected you can set the angle
of downwind layline calculations
• 125° to 175°
• 165° (default)
Polar
When Polar sail performance is selected you can select the Polar table
that will affect your layline calculation. Selecting your vessel’s make and
model will provide better calculated laylines to follow when sailing.
• List of available
Polars
Display Layines on this chart
Display or hide laylines on the current Chart app instance
• On
• Off
Adjust for tides
Adjust the laylines to take into account tidal flow
• On
• Off
Boat type
Set your vessel’s boat type to provide more accurate leeway calculation
• List available Boat
types
Note:
• The level of detail available on charts is dependent on vendor, chart type, subscription level
and geographic region. Prior to purchasing charts check the vendor’s website to establish what
level of detail is available on the charts you want to purchase.
• The information relating to available chart detail and settings in this manual should be treated as
guidance only as it is subject to change that is not under Raymarine’s control.
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