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What's the best way to tune my mast head unit's angle offset?


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Generally if you have deduced that your MHU requires an offset (due to mount - NOT due to wind shear), then you must adjust by half the difference from tack to tack.


Example, Port tack reads AWA 25, Stbd reads 23 AWA - the error is 2 deg, therefore you need to adjust your MHU offset by 1.


Most instrument systems will require you to adjust by +1 in this example which will increase your Stbd AWA by 1 and reduce your Pt AWA by 1.


You need to be sure that the error is real, not wind shear, and not a case of actually sailing a different angle tack to tack (due to waves, setup/trim etc).

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