A sailboat steering system (1) comprising a steerable saildrive (2), a control lever (3) for controlling a propeller speed of the steerable saildrive (2), a rudder angle sensor (4) to measure the ruder angle (α) of a rudder (5), and an electronic control unit (10). The electronic control unit (10) is enabled to control a steering angle (β) of the steerable saildrive (2), depending on the position of the control lever (3) and depending on a rudder angle (α) of the rudder (5). The invention also relates to a method of steering a sailboat.
Sailboat steering system and method for steering a sailboat
2021-04-06
Patent
Electronic Resource
English
IPC: | G05D SYSTEMS FOR CONTROLLING OR REGULATING NON-ELECTRIC VARIABLES , Systeme zum Steuern oder Regeln nichtelektrischer veränderlicher Größen / B63B Schiffe oder sonstige Wasserfahrzeuge , SHIPS OR OTHER WATERBORNE VESSELS / B63H Schiffsantrieb oder Steuerung der Schiffe , MARINE PROPULSION OR STEERING |
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