NASA Marine (Stevenage) Great Service and proof Electronics on used boats need not be costly!

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Last year we purchased a previously cherished Hurley 30/90. What a sailors boat this is!

We expected the on board electronics to be worse for wear, and yes the ancient VHF was past it and it was replaced with a SH GX2200. This is great and it is now when coupled with a Quark Elec A031 gives AIS reception to smart devices for not a lot!

The NASA Marine (Target) Depth/Wind/Log/Navtex on board were at least 27 years old and in general working well if looking a bit tatty. With the help of the NASA marine they are now working well and looking good with their new pristine keypads for less than £40!!!

Very happy!

Keep it simple!
 
StUrrock said:
Last year we purchased a previously cherished Hurley 30/90. What a sailors boat this is!

We expected the on board electronics to be worse for wear, and yes the ancient VHF was past it and it was replaced with a SH GX2200. This is great and it is now when coupled with a Quark Elec A031 gives AIS reception to smart devices for not a lot!

The NASA Marine (Target) Depth/Wind/Log/Navtex on board were at least 27 years old and in general working well if looking a bit tatty. With the help of the NASA marine they are now working well and looking good with their new pristine keypads for less than £40!!!

Very happy!

Keep it simple!
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The one bit of NASA equipment that will disappoint is the anemometer cups assembly All the rest seems to get good feedback
 
I remember when my NASA LED tricolour spent far too long on the bottom of the sea. (I was in Italy, the boat in Wales). When it was retrieved some of the LEDs still worked, so I stripped it down and cleaned it, and NASA sent me new LEDs and a new top cover decal and clear dome/lens for a very modest sum and I sat down and unsoldered the old LEDs and put in new ones...and Bingo..its been fine ever since (8 years).

I've recently replaced the paddle wheel on my Nasa Duet depth/log instrument The old one had obviously absorbed seawater and the iron core had rusted and burst out of the plastic. It was dead easy to replace and not costly...about a tenner I think.

Long may they prosper. Their stuff may appear basic at times but its affordable and works.
 
The big difference between older wind sensors and ones from more recent years is that the cups are now retained on a threaded spindle with a small nut on the end. The old ones with a star washer were more prone to disappearing.
 
I've always had good service from them and you can usually talk directly to an engineer and not a salesperson.
They even gave me a good discount on a Navtex and an echo-sounder that had been struck by lightning. Not their fault.
 
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