Chapter 1: Introduction
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Chapter 1: Introduction
Congratulations on the purchase of your Raymarine SportPilot.
The SportPilot fits neatly over the steering column directly behind the steering
wheel. All of the autopilot controls are located on a rotary switch at the end of a
control stalk. These controls consist of:
• Standby mode (
STANDBY
)
• five autopilot settings (
LO
to
HI
) to control the amount of rudder applied
when course changes are made
• Navigator (or Track) mode (
NAV
) for tracking to waypoints when the SportPi-
lot is used with a chartplotter or GPS
The SportPilot is very easy to use:
• simply point the boat in the direction you want to go, turn the rotary control
switch to one of the autopilot settings (
LO
to
HI
) and release the wheel –
it
really is that simple
• if you want to change course under autopilot control, simply turn the boat
onto the new heading and once again let go of the wheel –
you don’t even
have to disengage the autopilot
If you have a SeaTalk or NMEA position sensor, navigation to favorite fishing
grounds or wrecks is a breeze. Cross track error information is constantly fed to
the autopilot so that your heading is continuously updated.
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