NorthStar Pilot System NS3300 Reference Manual page 18

Example:
SWA is 120°, so the boat will gybe.
The tack angle is not set to AUTO:
To cancel the gybe
at any time, press
There are four possibilities for auto tacking or gybing:
Tack (SWA is 90° or less)
Press
Tack/Gybe then
press
to port.
An error message is displayed if you attempt other tacks or if the tack will end
with the boat in irons.
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).
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Press , select Tack/Gybe
then press initiate a tack
to starboard.
The NS3300 Pilot
counts down the tack
delay.
The course
changes by the
gybe angle
The course changes
again so that the SWA
is the same as the SWA
before the tack
End of tack, boat is at new SWA
, select Press select
Tack/Gybe then
press
to tack to tack to
starboard.
Example:
SWA is 40°. The tack angle is set to AUTO so the boat
changes direction once:
End of tack, boat
is at new SWA
The course
changes so
To cancel the gybe
that the SWA
at any time, press
is the same as
the SWA before
the tack
Wind
The NS3300 Pilot
counts down the
tack delay.
Press , select Tack/Gybe
then press initiate a tack
to port.
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.
Gybe (SWA is more than 90°)
Press select Press
Tack/Gybe then Tack/Gybe then
press
to press
gybe to port.
to starboard.
select
to gybe
Northstar NS3300 Pilot