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Default Simrad Wind Nav mode
cognisense wrote in news:0b14f7b6-0ec8-4d34-bcb5-
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Raymarine (and their predecessor AutoHelm) pilots will steer by
apparent wind,

Yes, the 3 pilots that I'm currently evaluating all steer to apparent
wind. In this, they all function similar to simply sailing to a given
magnetic heading. Instead of selecting your magnetic heading, they
simply allow you to sail to a specified degree of wind off the bow.



B and G "Network" PILOT can steer to apparent wind from "Network" WIND
instrument data in the NMEA 0183 data stream jumpered from unit to unit.
PILOT even stores it's WIND response and "learns" to steer it better.

If you set PILOT to steer off the NMEA network, however, and let The
Cap'n do the steering from the laptop computer, it will keep an eye on
waypoints AND apparent wind that PILOT alone will not do.

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