jerryat
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Totally agree! /forums/images/graemlins/smile.gif /forums/images/graemlins/smile.gif
New instruments
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richardabeattie
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I do not believe that the Isle of Wight has a south side.
Conachair
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I have a st40 depth/log, works fine, quite cheap and you get sea temp as well. Nasa meteoman is quite a cheap way to get wind data and has inside/outside temp, recording barometer and records wind speed as well. But you can only mount the display inside. But then again having some numbers against wind speed doesn't actually make it blow any less. Last boat had a nasa clipper which worked fine as well. If you've got depth/log, gps and vhf then that's enough to get out sailing and then you might be in a better position to decide on any more instruments. Personally i prefer to sail in the real world rather than stare at a bank of instuments all the time. A little fan heater is the easiest way to heat the boat in a marina and wrap up elsewhere /forums/images/graemlins/wink.gif
Enjoy your new boat /forums/images/graemlins/grin.gif
Enjoy your new boat /forums/images/graemlins/grin.gif
ShaunG
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I am a happy tacktick user.
However as you say they are expensive. just to add a little more to all the other comments. i have boycotted Raymarine on the basis that you need a NMEA adapter box to talk to other equipment not by raymarine and that due to daisy chaining you can loose other instruments further down the chain, However be aware that this can cost you more in the long run if you wish to fit a raymarine autopilot, for instance to fit a raymarine autopilot i need to use their fluxgate as the autopilot will not accept a NMEA fluxgate on the network, essentially meaning that i have to have 2 fluxgates.
instruments that talk 'pure' NMEA make networking them easy, however as far as i am aware after research it is only the tackticks that talk 'pure' NMEA as their primary comms, raymarine uses seatalk etc.
having said the above, ST40's don't require an special cables, you can use female spade connectors (2.3mm i think) and 3 core twisted cable with a shield and they are well priced for what they offer
Have you considered the Nexus stuff http://www.nexusmarine.se/templates/Products____74.aspx?epslanguage=EN. On paper it looks good and i did install 1 a while a go for a friend, went nice and smoothly and still seems to be working ok, they also do it with a wireless anenometer, IIRC about the same as a full navman setup.
However as you say they are expensive. just to add a little more to all the other comments. i have boycotted Raymarine on the basis that you need a NMEA adapter box to talk to other equipment not by raymarine and that due to daisy chaining you can loose other instruments further down the chain, However be aware that this can cost you more in the long run if you wish to fit a raymarine autopilot, for instance to fit a raymarine autopilot i need to use their fluxgate as the autopilot will not accept a NMEA fluxgate on the network, essentially meaning that i have to have 2 fluxgates.
instruments that talk 'pure' NMEA make networking them easy, however as far as i am aware after research it is only the tackticks that talk 'pure' NMEA as their primary comms, raymarine uses seatalk etc.
having said the above, ST40's don't require an special cables, you can use female spade connectors (2.3mm i think) and 3 core twisted cable with a shield and they are well priced for what they offer
Have you considered the Nexus stuff http://www.nexusmarine.se/templates/Products____74.aspx?epslanguage=EN. On paper it looks good and i did install 1 a while a go for a friend, went nice and smoothly and still seems to be working ok, they also do it with a wireless anenometer, IIRC about the same as a full navman setup.
jack_tar
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Just been thinking about this myself, ended up looking thru loads of stuff on NMEA and NMEA2000 which is esentially what sea talk is. posters are right that you would need some type of converter for a standard nmea i/p to a nmea 2000 system. What set me thinking though, is that pretty soon most of the instrument makers will be converting to NMEA200 to me it just makes sense, and is typical of the way technology drives production changes, and user expectations, after all look how many people have changed to lcd or plasma tv's when the old crt was still probably better. So IMHO we will all be using NMEA 200 gear within the next few years, and any old pieces of NMEA kit still knocking around will need to be interfaced into it. This does not make decision making very easy for someone trying to make a decision now, and who may want to add to his original choices later. probably best to stick to nmea as there is some great kit available. someone will I am sure let me know I am talking ga ga.
