4.2.What can Micro Compass do for me?

Micro Compass gives you a clear head-up display, which can show either: â— heading â— Tactical heading (for wind shift detection) â— or countdown timerIn Compass mode, heading is displayed with digital precision. The20mm high characters are larger and easier to read than the compressed scale of a compass card.The Tactical mode is for use when beating (tacking up-wind). With aconventional tactical compass, which has port tack and starboard tack lubber lines, you are able to read the same number on either tack. In the same way, with Micro Compass Micro Compass’s adds half the tack angle to the starboard display, and subtracts half the tack angle from the port display, so that you are always looking at the same number, whichever tack you are on. Now you decide whether the wind is backing or veering, and thus when to tack. start timer is simple to operate, yet flexible enoughto deal with any starting sequence. Once past the start the timer will begin to count elapsed time. Micro Compass the port and starboard displaysshow the heading with an offset applied (just like reading from offset lubber lines), so that you can read the same number on either tack.
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