Tack Assist
While cruising or racing into the wind, the tack assist feature can help you determine if your boat is being lifted or headed. When you calibrate tack assist, the device captures your boat's port 
and starboard 
course over ground (COG) measurements, and uses the COG data to calculate the mean true wind direction 
and the boat's tack angle 
.
The device uses this data to determine whether your boat is being lifted or headed due wind shifts.
By default, the device tack assist is set to automatic. Each time you calibrate the port or starboard COG, the device recalibrates the opposite side and true wind direction. You can change the tack assist settings to enter a fixed tack angle or true wind direction.
NOTE:
The device uses GPS-based course over ground to determine your course in the tack assist feature, and does not account for other factors that can affect your boat's direction, such as currents and tides.