RADAR

[duncan]

couldn't agree more with both of you!

I consider myself relatively inexperienced on it too having only fitted it last year. However I went out a couple of times with the screen covered by it's sun block and a couple of spotters in exactly the same way I learnt to fly on instruments many years ago. That plus having it permenantly on through the winter and I reckon I can just about interpret it.
Also different for a mobo as I never leave the helm when the boat is underway ever so am always interpreting the instruments against the surroundings.
In many ways radar is also easier to interpret when travelling at 20knots than at 3-5 too.

 

[tome]

Agree, the faster you're going the steadier the picture.

 

[tcm]

Re: radar chartplotter overlay

i'd be interested in yr thoughts on radar-charttplotter overlay which i used briefly at night with loads of ships around us - it showed a head-up chart with boats superimposed and with the trail feature, their wash (hence a good idea of speed) - very good stuff twas too...

 

[duncan]

Re: radar chartplotter overlay

I know you are asking tome but my 2p is that when you have a large screen and high definition (screen and radar data) they are fantastic - with smaller units seperate quicker to interpret as you don't need to refer to the plotter as much as the radar really.

 

[tome]

Re: radar chartplotter overlay

I've seen the pro version of this- it's very good. Think the problem for most of us is that you do need a large screen to make it worthwhile, it's useless on an 8 or 10 inch screen and just adds clutter. On D2 it makes sense as you could find room for a large screen.