Deciding on Wind Display / Unit ? Pros and Cons please.

Tranona said:
It is not so much dropping the cable down the mast, but when retrofitting, getting it through the deck and then along the boat to where the instrument head is located. Been doing this on my project boat and it is hard work.
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I would not have problem to lead cable as I have a conduit right under the mast foot for the VHF / Mast lights ...

The cable then drops into the bilge and would run along with my speed log cable to the engine box and then up to the display.

My question would be what deck plug to use ..... I cannot use a gland with continuous cable - I must have a joint as mast gets lowered ... and moved to stow on boat ...
 
Chiara’s slave said:
That wasnt the point of the question. My Garmin plotter communicates directly with Garmin wireless wind. No additional display needed, though we do have one anyway.
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Sorry - I assumed it was going to be a 'plug' for NMEA2k !!

Its Onwa - so no wireless connection ...

In fact what I could do is feed the 0183 from the unit to my NMEA to WiFi plexor - then everyone and his dog on board could get the data.
 
Minerva said:
Just thinking; with an increasing number of boats with stern arches / solar gantries - has anyone looked into how much difference a wind vane mounted on a stern arch would display compared to the mast head?
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Funny you mention an arch ... I have often thought of adding a simple arch to my boat .... and looked at Home Weather Stations to mount .... those all in one WiFi enabled sets that give everything from rainfall ... Baro ... wind speed .. direction ... weather trend etc.
 
Refueler said:
I have known a number of owners who lost the 'cups' on the masthead units. Reckon I can always 3D print some if needed ..
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I think Nasa have a pretty good reputation for aftercare, and being able to supply things like replacement parts at not ridiculous prices. Certainly a friend has recently had some replacement parts supplied by Nasa in their recently installed Clipper Wireless wind instrument.
 
Refueler said:
Sorry - I assumed it was going to be a 'plug' for NMEA2k !!

Its Onwa - so no wireless connection ...

In fact what I could do is feed the 0183 from the unit to my NMEA to WiFi plexor - then everyone and his dog on board could get the data.
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I remembered your antipathy to nmea2000, I think you may have mentioned it once or twice. I think nmea to wi fi could be pretty good. In fact our Garmin wireless has been good so far, and it’s right on the mast height limit. And it gives the option of wireless direct to plotter, or full NMEA2000 integration, kind of comforting. We have another display too, usually set to true wind, that being important to know on a multi.
 
Chiara’s slave said:
I remembered your antipathy to nmea2000, I think you may have mentioned it once or twice. I think nmea to wi fi could be pretty good. In fact our Garmin wireless has been good so far, and it’s right on the mast height limit. And it gives the option of wireless direct to plotter, or full NMEA2000 integration, kind of comforting. We have another display too, usually set to true wind, that being important to know on a multi.
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I've always been able to work around 0183 limitations... I used to have a network on the boat based on multi-core telephone cable ... I even used the telephone plugs and sockets. Easy to take USB and RS232 leads of non working mouse's to create unit connectors.
Later replacing that with the NMEA2WiFi unit really was icing on the cake ... so much so in fact I am considering upgrading to the NMEA4WiFi unit and relegate the 2 unit to bench use.
When I installed my previous plotter - it had both 0183 and 2K ... the GPS Antenna unit was 2K for it ... and I had devils job with that stiff cable ... adding terminators reminded me of the older network cables I setup in offices ...
 
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