G-PILOT 3380 and Operation Manual
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There are four possibilities for auto tacking or gybing:
Tack (SWA is 90° or less)
Gybe (SWA is more than 90°)
Note:
To view or change the tack mode, tack angle, gybe mode, gybe angle or tack delay, go to the
Options menu (see section 6-3).
Press
, select
Tack/Gybe then
press
to tack
to port.
Press
select
Tack/Gybe then
press
to tack to
starboard.
Press
select
Tack/Gybe then
press
to gybe
to port.
Example:
SWA is 120°, so the boat will gybe. The tack
angle is not set to Auto:
Example:
SWA is 40°. The tack angle is set to
Auto
so the
boat changes direction once:
The G-PILOT 3380 counts
down the tack delay.
The G-PILOT 3380
counts down the tack
delay.
Press
,
select Tack /Gybe
then press
to
initiate a tack
to port
Press
, select Tack/Gybe.
Then press
to initiate a
gybe to starboard
To cancel the gybe
at any time, press
End of tack, boat is
at new SWA
End of tack, boat is at new SWA
The course
changes by the
gybe angle
Wind
The course changes again
so that the SWA is the
same as the SWA before
the tack
The course
changes so that
the SWA is the
same as the SWA
before the tack
To cancel the gybe
at any time, press
Wind
Press
select
Tack/Gybe then
press
to gybe to
starboard.
If SWA is more than 90° and the gybe angle is
set to AUTO then the boat will change direction
once during a gybe, so that the SWA is the
same as the SWA before the gybe.
Wind