I am mid 50s and maybe we got conditioned early for the separate screen set up as that was how it was when electronics started to come on board properly in the 90s.
May be it is age related but linked to growing up using metric and imperial...measurements... And remembering LSd.....(pounds shillings nd pence)??
When 2 lsd cost 10 /6
Just a heads up. I have sailed extensively for 20 plus years and have only used the radar in serious anger twice! Once approaching Gibraltar as it was going dark and the fog came in and approaching Lagos in Portugal, again just gone dark. I used it to give a sweep a couple of times crossing Biscay, more out of curiosity to see if there were any boats close within 20 miles, there werent!
Same as me twice in anger over the last 12 years, Going up a river in Australia in thick fog. The other time i turned it on was to see if it still worked. I would have AIS over radar anytime.
coming up to the eastern anchorage at Gib after a hard days motoring from Almerimar the fog had dropped, it was getting dark, I wanted to be around Europa point before dark. Radar on, AIS on and Her Indoors with a steamer scarer on the bow. The radar and ais confirmed with each other to give a big picture in my head! It was brilliant
The thing is if you need it once in anger it is worth it and is always there like a life raft. Hope you dont need it but good to have. I hope you use your radar more than your life raft.
100 for cables , 100 for gps , 100 for scan strut / pole , cheap as chips
No but you can make an intelligent estimate re options , as you ( and me ) say used for 1.5k ish right up to ( as others say ) 4 k .
