Retired from newspapers and television, currently sailing Thelonious II, a 1984 Ericson 381.
Ready to go– almost.
There’s a dockside test in which the SPX-5 system moves the wheel. Pass. There’s a sea trial test, in which a couple of slow two-minute turns calibrate the fluxgate compass. Our deviation was 1 percent, well within range. Pass. Then the SPX-5 does a series of zigzags of increasing scope during its “Auto learn” protocol.
I was feeling pretty good until...
There’s a dockside test in which the SPX-5 system moves the wheel. Pass. There’s a sea trial test, in which a couple of slow two-minute turns calibrate the fluxgate compass. Our deviation was 1 percent, well within range. Pass. Then the SPX-5 does a series of zigzags of increasing scope during its “Auto learn” protocol.
I was feeling pretty good until...
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