Re: [Amel Yacht Owners] Re: phased electronics replacement
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Patrick McAneny
Bill, Due to a lightning strike we had every instrument on the boat replaced from tv antenna to ssb , everything. I chose to go with all B&G , 12 inch plotter at the helm and a 9 in. at the nav . station. I opted for the Forward Scan , it seemed erratic , with the image of the bottom spiking up and down , while in an area with a flat bottom (Chesapeake Bay ) . I could place no faith in it to accurately depict what was in front of me. I installed a new transducer , as suggested by a B&G rep. , I have yet been able to test it out, and will be hauling the boat asap . My question, do you find the forward scan to accurately depict an image of the bottom , or is the image erratic , showing the bottom depth shoot up and down. I thought that perhaps the mud bottom we have here does not reflect well and maybe it works better in a sand / coral bottom . I also really like the radar and it uses very little power . It was nice to meet you in Annapolis.
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Thanks,
Pat
SM Shenanigans -----Original Message----- From: greatketch@... [amelyachtowners] To: amelyachtowners Sent: Wed, Nov 8, 2017 8:38 pm Subject: [Amel Yacht Owners] Re: phased electronics replacement The Furuno radar never really interfaced with anything else. It worked, but didn't send or receive data to anything else in a useful way. It was a nice radar, but I find the new broadband radars are significantly better and easier to use for those times we find the radar most important. If the Furuno had kept working, we'd probably still have it.
The 3G unit from B&G (Navico) has no display of its own, it uses the MFD.
We installed a 12 inch monitor at the helm. I find that bigger is always better... and
12 inch is as big as I can fit comfortably. I am happy with it. My old boat had a 7 in, and that was too small. When I first was setting up the 12 inch unit with it's Navpod I was worried a bit about obstructing the view forward. In the real world, it does not. It is not unusual that we run it in split screen mode (Chart/sounder, Chart/radar, radar/sounder. Chart/instrument, etc) so that 12 inch screen that might seem extravagant at first gets used a lot.
One thing I left out of our setup, was the Navico wifi. That lets us echo the chartplotter display to an iPad anywhere on the boat. Not QUITE as good as having two chartplotters, but very close!
Bill Kinney
SM160, Harmonie
LMC, Fort Lauderdale, FL
---In amelyachtowners@..., wrote : Bill,
Thanks for shari
ng your electronics plan/setup!
One question though, did the Furuno radar interface with your B&G Zeus? You mentioned you replaced it when it died and it sounded like that was after you installed the Zeus. That would lower the entry price if I could just replace the chartplotter at the helm with one that had wifi, and could be picked up on a laptop below.
Oh, one more question, what size monitor did you put at the helm and are you happy with the size?
Thanks again!
Duane
Wanderer
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