jellyfish
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Any suggestions on what brand of instruments to buy (old ones are obsolete so can't repair). For cruising purposes, and on a budget. Are wireless wind transducers any good to avoid wiring difficulties.
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ShaunG
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Hi jellyfish and welcome to the forum,
Hmmmm, instruments fall into 3 catagories, Budget ( no inter instrument communications) Basic (inter instrument communication) and Top End (speak 10 different langauges but it's all basically the same just a little more accurate)
If you are looking at the Budget end then you are really left with NASA, bothe the clipper and Cruiser ranges do what they say on the tin, they seem to last reasonably well and are simple to install and setup. A combined Log, Depth and seperate wind will cost about £350
If you are looking at the Basic range then you have the Raymarine ST40, The new nexus range (Formerly Silva) which has a wireless wind anenometer, and the Navman 3100 ( Was formerly the high end product but prices have dropped dramatically) all these instruments allow their data to be shared with a chartplotter, PC and Autopilot. Again a Combined Depth/Log and seperate wind will be between £500 and £750
The high end equipment includes B&G, Simrad IS15 ( about to be replaced by IS20) Raymarine ST60+/ST70 ( you could also inlcude the ST290 although it is very expensive, Tactick and numerous others. All of these instruments will interface to just about everything you have on board and will be more accurate than the basic systems above. Again costs for a Combined depth/log and seperate wind can range from about £800 upto as much as £5000
I have installed all the kit listed above at one time or another apart from the St70 (only just been released) If you can let me know, what size and type of boat you have, what functions you would like from your instruments and if there is anything you would like to interace to now or in the near future I should be able to point you in the right direction
It is easier when installing to always use the same manafacturer of equipment throughout, each manafacturer has their own language that they intercafe using, Raymarine's seatalk is an example, if you need to talk to a manafacturers piece of equipment there is a standard communications language called NMEA, although to use this it normally requires a intercae box to convert the manafactures language (seatalk) into NMEA
Hmmmm, instruments fall into 3 catagories, Budget ( no inter instrument communications) Basic (inter instrument communication) and Top End (speak 10 different langauges but it's all basically the same just a little more accurate)
If you are looking at the Budget end then you are really left with NASA, bothe the clipper and Cruiser ranges do what they say on the tin, they seem to last reasonably well and are simple to install and setup. A combined Log, Depth and seperate wind will cost about £350
If you are looking at the Basic range then you have the Raymarine ST40, The new nexus range (Formerly Silva) which has a wireless wind anenometer, and the Navman 3100 ( Was formerly the high end product but prices have dropped dramatically) all these instruments allow their data to be shared with a chartplotter, PC and Autopilot. Again a Combined Depth/Log and seperate wind will be between £500 and £750
The high end equipment includes B&G, Simrad IS15 ( about to be replaced by IS20) Raymarine ST60+/ST70 ( you could also inlcude the ST290 although it is very expensive, Tactick and numerous others. All of these instruments will interface to just about everything you have on board and will be more accurate than the basic systems above. Again costs for a Combined depth/log and seperate wind can range from about £800 upto as much as £5000
I have installed all the kit listed above at one time or another apart from the St70 (only just been released) If you can let me know, what size and type of boat you have, what functions you would like from your instruments and if there is anything you would like to interace to now or in the near future I should be able to point you in the right direction
It is easier when installing to always use the same manafacturer of equipment throughout, each manafacturer has their own language that they intercafe using, Raymarine's seatalk is an example, if you need to talk to a manafacturers piece of equipment there is a standard communications language called NMEA, although to use this it normally requires a intercae box to convert the manafactures language (seatalk) into NMEA
H4B
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I have found Tack tick wind to be very good. Still have Nasa for Log and depth but would consider going tack tick for every thing when time comes ,finances permitting, it ain't cheap.
Howard.
Howard.
Channel Ribs
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I would agree with Shaun's summary, except to say that NASA are often overlooked unfairly; for just a smidge over 300 quid you would get a very nice setup.
oldsaltoz
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G'day Jellyfish and welcome to the YBW forums.
Whatever you decide on re brand and type, try to avoid multi display units as it can be a case of one down and nothing works.
Also, when you have the time, update your profile and the answers will be a better a quality if we know what sort of boat you are on and some idea of your location.
Avagoodweekend......
Whatever you decide on re brand and type, try to avoid multi display units as it can be a case of one down and nothing works.
Also, when you have the time, update your profile and the answers will be a better a quality if we know what sort of boat you are on and some idea of your location.
Avagoodweekend......
fireball
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Flutes and Clarinets are quite portable ... you'll have to keep the moisture level down though ... Saxophones should be just as good - Sop Sax being the easiest to store, Baritone sax would double well as a fog horn ... /forums/images/graemlins/grin.gif
beneteau_305_553
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I'm really pleased with Navman 3100 (http://www.seateach.com/NAVMAN3100.asp)and plotter / repeater 5600
jellyfish
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Thanks very much. Anyone had experience of the Nexus/Silva wireless setup? I think we're looking at the Basic/Budget range.
ShaunG
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Hi Jellyfish,
I installed a set about a month ago for a customer, he seems really pleased at the moment and commented that he thought they were good value, i can't comment on how they last in the long term as they have not been on the market that long. One of the advatages with the Nexus range is that you can add a NX2 server at a later date which means you can add more sophisticated functions, if my memorary serves me correct a NX2 server is about £200, the Nexus Wind with wireless transducer, wired Multi data depth and log display with a triducer should be about £600 /forums/images/graemlins/wink.gif
I installed a set about a month ago for a customer, he seems really pleased at the moment and commented that he thought they were good value, i can't comment on how they last in the long term as they have not been on the market that long. One of the advatages with the Nexus range is that you can add a NX2 server at a later date which means you can add more sophisticated functions, if my memorary serves me correct a NX2 server is about £200, the Nexus Wind with wireless transducer, wired Multi data depth and log display with a triducer should be about £600 /forums/images/graemlins/wink.gif
jellyfish
New Member
Oh that's great - thanks!
ShaunG
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If you check your messages i have sent you my phone number in case you would like to discuss further or would like to chat about what you are after
Regards
ShaunG
Regards
ShaunG
danbouy
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Shaung,
I'm surprised you have been able to fit a Nexus wireless wind instrument, I keep being told they are not ready yet. Where did it come from please?
I'm surprised you have been able to fit a Nexus wireless wind instrument, I keep being told they are not ready yet. Where did it come from please?