Forward looking sonar (other than EchoPilot) ?

[Boo2]

Hi,

Question as title : anyone know of a manufacturer of FLS other than EchoPilot ? Suitable for yachts I mean.

Boo2

 

[pvb]

B&G/Simrad have the ForwardScan product. Furuno have Searchlight Sonar (but rather expensive!).

 

[rogerthebodger]

I have a interphase FLS that can look forward up and down or side to side. Mine is the old B&W but works OK and good when entering a pass in a reef

http://www8.garmin.com/interphase/index.html

 

[pvb]

I have a interphase FLS that can look forward up and down or side to side. Mine is the old B&W but works OK and good when entering a pass in a reef

http://www8.garmin.com/interphase/index.html

Are Interphase products still available, since Garmin bought the company? Garmin do offer a forward-looking sonar, but it's aimed at the fishing market rather than sailboats.

 

[rogerthebodger]

You may very well be right the web site seems only to offer technical support or repair of some models.

I did buy mine some years ago before Garmin took over interphase.

Shame as I think the interphase is better than the echopilot as its got a 2 way transducer. Don't know if echopilot has that now but it did not when I got mine.

 

[rogerthebodger]

Is this what you refer too

https://buy.garmin.com/en-US/US/sho...optix-ps31-forward-transducer/prod503830.html

May be Garmin took over interphase to get the technology to make their own then close down the competition.

As BMW did with Land Rover