User Manual

Chapter 1: Introduction 3
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 way-
point control
• boat speed from a speed instrument can provide optimum track keeping per-
formance
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