Chapter 1: Introduction 1
1 Introduction
Chapter 1: Introduction
1.1 Overview
Your Raymarine tiller pilot is a totally self-contained autopilot
designed for tiller steered sailboats. The autopilot is mounted
between the tiller and a single attachment point on the boat’s
structure. It is designed for owner installation and is ready for use
after connection to the boat’s 12 V electrical system.
Operating modes
The tiller pilot has four basic operating modes:
• Standby mode: autopilot off
• Auto mode: autopilot engaged and locked onto a heading
• Track mode: autopilot on and maintaining a track between two
waypoints created on a navigation system
• WindTrim mode: autopilot on and maintaining a course relative
to an apparent wind angle
SeaTalk and NMEA compatibility
The tiller pilot is SeaTalk compatible, so it can share data transmitted
from other Raymarine SeaTalk instruments:
• wind information from a wind instrument can be used for
wind vane steering without the need to install a separate vane
• track information, from a navigator, enables the autopilot to
provide waypoint control
• boat speed from a speed instrument can provide optimum track
keeping performance
• SeaTalk compatibility also allows additional fixed and hand-held
autopilot control units to be easily connected at secondary
steering and control positions
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