Hurricane
Well-Known Member
Its a rainy day and I'm bored so here's an update on the new boat.
Its been over three weeks since we delivered the new JennyWren to Southampton for her final fitting out. Bespoke stainless steel brackets for the domes and scanner etc. have led to a bit of a delay but we wre able to initially "fire up" the new systems during my visit yesterday. Essentially, everything that we tested worked but we ran out of time so testing continues into next week.
This is probably the first really big G Series installations and I've complicated things by adding a load of extra electronics - PC feeds and LAN cabling etc. I'll probably do a separate write up on this later if anyone's interested.
In the meantime though, I thought you'd be interested in some pics that I took yesterday.
As you can see from this the fitting out is extensive but I've been involved and I now know much more about her - where most of the cables run etc. This is EXACTLY what I wanted - it took me over a year to find out this sort of thing on the old boat.
I, initially, thought that the new G Series (G Boxes) would be fitted in the electronics bay under the main helm station but it is already packed full of kit and there just wasnt enough room. So the guys from Maricom came up with a great idea of fitting it all behind the dinette seating.
In this photo you can see the two main GPMs - these are the new CPUs that control all the various bits of navigation kit that feed into the system. Each one contains a hard disk with the Navionice charts covering the whole world. We are feeding these two units onto four monitors (2 at each helm position).
You can just see the Comar Class B AIS transponder in the top left on the recess.
This is the lower helm position which was only finished yesterday. We only had room for 12" monitors but they still have more display area than the older integrated units. Notice the lack of controls for the navigation kit. This is done from two separate portable wireless keypads. Each one is capable of operating the whole system but I will be configuring them so that the helmsman will have one and the navigator/radar operator (SWMBO) will have the other. They work throughout the boat so the same keypads will be used on the flybridge.
And here is the flybridge - duplicated from below. Well, infact all the units are networked so they needn't duplicate the main helm - they can be set up as you choose. I will probably reverse the stations so that the helmsman (who is to port on the flybridge) has the same as he does on the main helm downstairs where he sits to starboard. You can see from this photo that we have had to move the instruments and VHF etc around a bit to fit everything in. The port display only just fitted.
And a couple of shots of the radar arch with the domes and the new HD Digital Radar. Notice the two GPS stalks. One is a standard Raymarine RayStar and the other feeds the AIS transponder. The TV antenna used to be fitted on one but its now installed INSIDE the empty dome. There are two whip aerials fitted (one each side of the flybridge) one is for the main VHF marine radio, the other will be used by the AIS transponder and FM radio broadcasts will be picked up on the TX antenna (inside the dome). Not sure how good the FM receprion will be but this seemed a good use of the antennas.
OK so here's a little competition - no prizes.
Whats this
The plan is to work for delivery at the end of this month at about the same time as the delivery of another well known forum P42. So I expect that we will be having a party to celebrate - of course open to members of the forum - no dancing on the tables though (Roger???). There wont be much time to announce it - weather dependant etc but I expect it will be around the first May Bank Holiday weekend.
Looking round Swanwick yesterday I saw this great looking boat. Doesn't she look stunning.
Apart from the scanner seems to be on the wrong way round. I wonder what the opposite of "head up" display is??
Its the same for mine as well so we have a few questions for Raymarine here - in fact mine doesnt seem to park as well as this. These radar systems are really new - these are possibly the first two that have been commercially fitted in this country (apart from Brian's of course).
Anyway, I thought I'd update you with the progress - more to follow if you are interested.
Mike
Its been over three weeks since we delivered the new JennyWren to Southampton for her final fitting out. Bespoke stainless steel brackets for the domes and scanner etc. have led to a bit of a delay but we wre able to initially "fire up" the new systems during my visit yesterday. Essentially, everything that we tested worked but we ran out of time so testing continues into next week.
This is probably the first really big G Series installations and I've complicated things by adding a load of extra electronics - PC feeds and LAN cabling etc. I'll probably do a separate write up on this later if anyone's interested.
In the meantime though, I thought you'd be interested in some pics that I took yesterday.
As you can see from this the fitting out is extensive but I've been involved and I now know much more about her - where most of the cables run etc. This is EXACTLY what I wanted - it took me over a year to find out this sort of thing on the old boat.
I, initially, thought that the new G Series (G Boxes) would be fitted in the electronics bay under the main helm station but it is already packed full of kit and there just wasnt enough room. So the guys from Maricom came up with a great idea of fitting it all behind the dinette seating.
In this photo you can see the two main GPMs - these are the new CPUs that control all the various bits of navigation kit that feed into the system. Each one contains a hard disk with the Navionice charts covering the whole world. We are feeding these two units onto four monitors (2 at each helm position).
You can just see the Comar Class B AIS transponder in the top left on the recess.
This is the lower helm position which was only finished yesterday. We only had room for 12" monitors but they still have more display area than the older integrated units. Notice the lack of controls for the navigation kit. This is done from two separate portable wireless keypads. Each one is capable of operating the whole system but I will be configuring them so that the helmsman will have one and the navigator/radar operator (SWMBO) will have the other. They work throughout the boat so the same keypads will be used on the flybridge.
And here is the flybridge - duplicated from below. Well, infact all the units are networked so they needn't duplicate the main helm - they can be set up as you choose. I will probably reverse the stations so that the helmsman (who is to port on the flybridge) has the same as he does on the main helm downstairs where he sits to starboard. You can see from this photo that we have had to move the instruments and VHF etc around a bit to fit everything in. The port display only just fitted.
And a couple of shots of the radar arch with the domes and the new HD Digital Radar. Notice the two GPS stalks. One is a standard Raymarine RayStar and the other feeds the AIS transponder. The TV antenna used to be fitted on one but its now installed INSIDE the empty dome. There are two whip aerials fitted (one each side of the flybridge) one is for the main VHF marine radio, the other will be used by the AIS transponder and FM radio broadcasts will be picked up on the TX antenna (inside the dome). Not sure how good the FM receprion will be but this seemed a good use of the antennas.
OK so here's a little competition - no prizes.
Whats this
The plan is to work for delivery at the end of this month at about the same time as the delivery of another well known forum P42. So I expect that we will be having a party to celebrate - of course open to members of the forum - no dancing on the tables though (Roger???). There wont be much time to announce it - weather dependant etc but I expect it will be around the first May Bank Holiday weekend.
Looking round Swanwick yesterday I saw this great looking boat. Doesn't she look stunning.
Apart from the scanner seems to be on the wrong way round. I wonder what the opposite of "head up" display is??
Its the same for mine as well so we have a few questions for Raymarine here - in fact mine doesnt seem to park as well as this. These radar systems are really new - these are possibly the first two that have been commercially fitted in this country (apart from Brian's of course).
Anyway, I thought I'd update you with the progress - more to follow if you are interested.
Mike
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