doris
Well-known member
Looking at the life of current electronics I find it disturbing that there appears to be a 10 year, maybe less, redundancy being built in to modern kit. A mate had a Raymarine E120 wide screen that is now ten years old. the knob broke last year and Raymarine could not provide a new one, they now longer support that device, at 9 years!! That was fixed by finding a supplier in Canada who 3D Printed a new one, lucky.
He is currently having a problem updating the charts, Navionics, but the cartridge is now longer immediately available and the existing may/may not be updateable!
On that basis if one is buying a boat more than 3/4 years old one should allow for a complete new set of electronics!!?????
Does anyone have any recent experience of i70s and their longevity?
Rather depressingly, if the other manufacturers are the same that's potentially an effective £1.000-1,500 on the annual running costs of a boat!
And the second hand market is booming, hmmmmmmm
He is currently having a problem updating the charts, Navionics, but the cartridge is now longer immediately available and the existing may/may not be updateable!
On that basis if one is buying a boat more than 3/4 years old one should allow for a complete new set of electronics!!?????
Does anyone have any recent experience of i70s and their longevity?
Rather depressingly, if the other manufacturers are the same that's potentially an effective £1.000-1,500 on the annual running costs of a boat!
And the second hand market is booming, hmmmmmmm