1. How To Use The 10-Minute Race Timer And
The 5-Minute Race Timer
• Follow the same operating procedures to use the
10 Minute Race Timer and the 5 Minute Race Timer.
• Use the Flyback function in the RACE TIMER mode
exactly in the same manner as in the TIMER mode.
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1 Press the 嘷M button to set the watch to the RACE
TIMER mode.
Press the 嘷
B button to select the 10 Minute Race
Timer or 5 Minute Race Timer function.
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2 Press the 嘷A button to start countdown.
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3 Press the 嘷B button to “flyback” the RACE TIMER
to the pre-setting display, The RACE TIMER
countdown reaches the Time-Up point (00’00”),
the buzzer will sound for about 5 seconds. At the
same time, the Chronograph will start counting
the race time from the starting point.
(Forecast Signal Buzzer)
The Forecast Signal Buzzer will sound:
– every minute when the remaining time to the start
is 5 minutes and less,
– every 10 seconds when the remaining time is
50 seconds and less,
and
– every second when the remaining time is 10
seconds and less.
2. How To Use The Start Time Preset Timer
Make sure that any timer function is not running in
the RACE TIMER mode. Press the 嘷
B button to set
the watch to the Start Time Preset function.
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1 Setting the Race Start time
• Press the 嘷
B button for 2 seconds in the RACE TIMER
pre-setting display. The display will show the time
set for the previous race. Press the 嘷
A button to set
Hours.
• Press the 嘷
B button once again. Minutes will flash.
Press the 嘷
A button to set Minutes.
The above procedures complete the setting of the
Start Time Preset Timer function. (Note: Minutes are
flashing in this mode.)
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2 Starting the Timer function
• Press the 嘷
B button. The Start Timer function will
start count down and show the remaining time to
the start of the race.
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3 Time-Up and the Auto-Chrono function
• When the RACE TIMER reaches the Time-Up point,
the buzzer will sound in confirmation and at the same
time the chronograph (stopwatch) will automatically
start and measures the elapsed time from the start
point.
• Operating procedures for the Start Time Preset
Timer are the same as those for the 10 Minute
Race Timer and 5 Minute Race Timer.
6. HOW TO USE THE ROTATING BEZEL
(Some models are not equipped
with the rotating bezel).
Many yacht races are set in
triangulated course layouts such
as the one described here where
the winner is the boat that
navigates the designated course
around the marks in the fastest
time.
Direction: Navigational bearings are most often
given in terms of degrees.
North: 0° East: 90° South: 180° West: 270°
Starboard: The right-hand side of a yacht looking
forward.
Port: The left-hand side of a yacht looking forward.
Using the rotating bezel (1)
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1 Before a race, determine the direction of the wind
from the direction and position of the windward
marker. Line up the number representing the wind
direction (in degrees) on the bezel with the triangle
(⌬) mark at 12 o’clock. (Ex.: northeasterly wind at
45°)
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2 The course bearing from the windward mark to
the wing mark (starboard reach) is read off the
bezel, in degrees, at the green triangle (⌬) on the
bottom of the left side of the dial.
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3 The course bearing from the wing mark to the
leeward mark (port reach) is read off the bezel. in
degrees, at the red triangle (⌬) on the bottom right.
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4 When sailing from the windward mark to the
leeward mark, the small, white triangle at the
bottom of the watch dial becomes the reference
point for determining course bearings.
Note that the above explanation is only valid for
times when the
angle is 45°. At 60°, use the
values lying above the red and green triangles; at
30°, use the values lying below the two triangles.