Chartplotter ?

[103denby]

Can anyone recommend a chartplotter for fitting on our Falcon 23 which can be unplugged and removed after use
Ian
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[Sneds]

I am considering the Lowrance 5150C
Very good price £379 inc card ..... anyone got one?

 

[rubberduck]

Had one on old boat, no complaints. /forums/images/graemlins/smile.gif

 

[Richard10002]

I have the 3600i, waterproof and removable. Not sure the Nauticpath cartridge is worth what you are paying for it.

ISTR without the card my plotter would have been about £70 cheaper... I wish I had put this towards a Navionics card.

 

[103denby]

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I am considering the Lowrance 5150C
Very good price £379 inc card ..... anyone got one?

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I have just searched on E Bay and found a Lowrance 5200c at £365, is that a better model ??

 

[Sneds]

Its the cartography I am not sure about.
Praps its worth asking how much the plotter would be without the Nauticpath? But they seem to come as a package.
Apologies to Oldhamlad for hijacking your post /forums/images/graemlins/blush.gif

 

[Richard10002]

Mailspeed Marine did mine with, or without, the Nauticpath card - worth shopping around, or asking how much with a navionics card, or any other permutation you can think of

 

[Sneds]

Will do that, cheers.
BTW love Malta, where are you now?

 

[Richard10002]

[ QUOTE ]
I am considering the Lowrance 5150C
Very good price £379 inc card ..... anyone got one?

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here you go:

http://www.mailspeedmarine.com/SearchRes...0Category%20--/

It would be a no-brainer for me having used the Nauticpath stuff... but others here seem to like them.... each to his own, and horses for courses etc.

 

[Sneds]

Am leaning toward the Nav gold chart (£?), is there a site that shows a demo?

 

[orizaba]

got the older model 3500c with nauticpath no complaints at all. for the price i don't think you can go wrong,there have been a few posts recently ,all i can say is it got us from cardiff to spain,portugal ,morrocco,mallorca then onto tunisia,i find it easy to use,the screen is visible but as with all things electronic ,use with common sense,

 

[gary111160]

I had one on my last boat, no complaints and the nauticpath card was fine also.It was my first chartplotter so at the time could'nt compare to any other cartography. Current boat has a furano chartplotter/radar/fishfinder with c map find it slightly harder to use. But then it could be me!!

 

[rubberduck]

I prefer navionics, same as paper charts and can use at home on pc.

 

[Pinnacle]

Lowrance 5150C. It's fab. Magna carta has one too.

 

[Richard10002]

Not sure about a demo, but you could look at the Navionics site:

http://www.navionics.com/ContinentChartCatalogNew.asp?ContinentID=4&Gold=1


Havent used them, but they have to be comparable to C-Map, and C-map are excellent.

The new XL9 cartridges have very wide coverage, and seem to be OK with Lowrance Plotters according to the web site.

 

[Liselle]

I fitted a Garmin 292c with internal attena on my Falcon 275.
Works really well. Though I would suggest buying a unit with as large a display as possible, thats in keeping with your boat size. Try Malthouse marine, they are helpful and keenly priced.

 

[103denby]

Thank you Pinnacle and Liselle for your advice
Cheers
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[D3B]

Agree the navionics are good cards but....



they have a lot of tidal information missing from the diamonds


and one happens to be my home prt of lowestoft!


told them in June and they have done nothing about it!

 

[andygreen84]

ask at marinelectricalpower.com they have a questions section saved me alot of researching