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20 ST1000 Plus & ST2000 Plus Tiller Pilots - Owner’s HandbookSafety in Track modeWARNING:Track mode provides accurate track keeping even in complexnavigational situations. However, it is still the skipper’sresponsibility to ensure the safety of their boat at all timesthrough careful navigation and frequent position checks.Passage making in Track mode assists precise navigation andremoves the tasks of compensating for wind and tidal drift. However,you MUST still maintain an accurate log with regular plots:2 Using the Tiller PilotConfirming position at the start of a journey• At the start of a journey you must always use an easily identifiablefixed object to confirm the fix given by the navigation system.• Check for fixed positional errors and compensate for them.Verifying computed positions• Always verify the computed position with a dead reckonedposition, calculated from the average course steered and thedistance logged.Plot frequency• In open water, you should make plots at least every hour.• In confined waters or when near to potential hazards, you shouldmake plots more frequently.Setting waypoints• Local variations in radio signal quality and changes in the tidalstream can produce deviations from the desired track. Whensetting waypoints, remember that deviations can occur.• Thoroughly check along each track. Check up to 0.5 nm each sideof the track to ensure that there are no hazards within this zone.• For the waypoint advance function to work, the last fourcharacters of adjacent waypoint names must be different.