Imperial One
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Found this in a galley sink one day - cannot remember which boat it was on though
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Q for ImperialOne/Yoeri - strange radar on WVDV boat
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Prhperio
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Good afternoon all,
This was indeed a custom project (initially a Continental I 24.00 meter). The owner's wish was to add a flybridge to the wheelhouse roof, which we did.
The original mast that was built on this particular Continental was a fixed "wing type" mast (see picture underneath). After 2 seasons the owner decided to raise the mast (by a local company) to an "arch" so that he could use the space under the mast as sun bed.
The second radar was requested as back-up in this case. The Furuno was installed as a stand-alone entirely separately from the general electrical system. As far as I remember it was even powered by the engine start batteries in case of the worst possible emergency.
Yoeri
An interesting idea. I did a similar thing with a GPS set and VHF on a previous boat (a Storebro) and ran them from a separate battery placed in a different part of the boat. If you had two radars at different levels you could still do what that owner did and have the benefit of two ranges and one as a separate back up... Or am I missing something? Beautiful yacht BTW...
Paul
MapisM
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Weird idea, imho.
Aside from the fact that as has been already mentioned it would have been better to place the radomes in such way to allow a simultaneous use, I can't think of any sensible reason for having to handle (in an emergency!) an instrument with a completely different set of commands compared to what is used normally...
Besides, how were all the electrical engines-related components (throttles, fuel valves, whatever) powered?
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