RS200 Tacktick pre-set

   It will give it down to 1 degree if you change the sensitivity. I have mine on a 2 degree sensitivity rather than the default 5 degrees and this allows me to change the tacking angle in 2 degree increments.

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Oatsandbeans Send Private Message Find Member's Posts Far too distracted from work Joined: 19 Sep 05 Location: United Kingdom Online Status: Offline Posts: 382	Post Options Post Reply Quote Oatsandbeans Report Post Quote Reply Topic: RS200 Tacktick pre-set Posted: 06 Nov 13 at 7:26am
	It will give it down to 1 degree if you change the sensitivity. I have mine on a 2 degree sensitivity rather than the default 5 degrees and this allows me to change the tacking angle in 2 degree increments.

bferry Send Private Message Find Member's Posts Posting king Joined: 01 Jun 09 Location: Malta Online Status: Offline Posts: 190	Post Options Post Reply Quote bferry Report Post Quote Reply Posted: 06 Nov 13 at 8:06am
	I use mine at 5 degrees and it works fine especially if the sea is a bit choppy. In my opinion any shift of less than 5degrees is not worth tacking for (could be wrong of course)
	Bernard Vareo 249 Miracle 2818 Malta

Neptune Send Private Message Find Member's Posts Really should get out more Joined: 08 Jun 09 Location: Berkshire United Kingdom Online Status: Offline Posts: 1314	Post Options Post Reply Quote Neptune Report Post Quote Reply Posted: 06 Nov 13 at 9:21am
	You need to check Appendix 2 item 1.3.6 Any compass, timing device or a combination of both may be fitted provided that it/they can only provide information relating to A) the boat’s heading and B) current or elapsed time. I think when I sailed an RS we asked this many times and the tactics function was deemed not to provide information relating to a boats heading as it is providing additional information.
	Musto Skiff and Solo sailor

piglet Send Private Message Find Member's Posts Really should get out more Joined: 04 Jan 07 Online Status: Offline Posts: 514	Post Options Post Reply Quote piglet Report Post Quote Reply Posted: 06 Nov 13 at 4:15pm
	I posed the legality question to the association legal eagle, and his very prompt reply was: There was some debate about this when the MicroCompass was first released, many moons ago! However, it was decided that its tactical display only provides information relating to the boat's heading. Hence it is legal and many people have used them for many years. He went on to say: I used a 70 degree tacking angle. However, it rather depends how you sail - high and slow or low and fast. So, I'll set it at 70 and see how we get on. I don't fully understand the 'resolution/sensitivity' bit, how does that work?