Using The Starting Line Guidance; Starting The Race Timer; Stopping The Race Timer; Setting The Distance Between The Bow And The Gps Antenna - Garmin GPSMAP 12x3 Owner's Manual

Using the Starting Line Guidance

You can use the starting line guidance feature to help get you cross the start line, at the optimal speed during a
sailing race.
1 Mark the starting line
2 From the Sail Racing combination screen, select Options > Start Line Guidance > Target Speed, and select
your target speed when crossing the starting line.
3 Select Target Time, and select the target time to cross the starting line.
4 Select Back.
5 Start the racing timer

Starting the Race Timer

The race timer is added to the Sail Racing combination screen by default.
1 From the Sail Racing combination screen, select Start.
NOTE: You can also access this from the Sailing SmartMode screen and the navigation chart.
2 When necessary, select Sync to synchronize with the official race timer.

Stopping the Race Timer

From the Sail Racing combination screen, select Stop.

Setting the Distance between the Bow and the GPS Antenna

You can enter the distance between the bow of your boat and the location of your GPS antenna. This helps
ensure the bow of your boat crosses the starting line at the precise start time.
1 From the Sail Racing combination screen, select Options > Start Line Guidance > Start Line > GPS Bow Ofst..
2 Enter the distance.
3 Select Done.
Sailing Features
(Setting the Starting Line,
(Starting the Race Timer,
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