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 Callout number one and starboard Callout number two course over ground (COG) measurements, and uses the COG data to calculate the mean true wind direction Callout number three and the boat's tack angle Callout number four.


Tack assist diagram with callouts

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, and the device recalculates the tack angle and true wind direction each time the port or starboard COG is calibrated. You can change the tack assist settings to enter a fixed tack angle or true wind direction.

NOTE: The quatix® 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.
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