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Looking for a 9" plotter and have £900 to spend

It must be on a bracket so I can move it from flybridge to inside helm, and don't fancy the touch screen option due to greasy fingers, bouncing around at sea etc so must have "proper" knobs etc

I was keen on the Garmin and like the idea that it comes with pre loaded "free" cartography but it has a lot of sonar fishing features that I just don't want or need.
All I need from the sonar is to know the depth of water and I have that from the OEM fitted fitted Raytheon stuff allready on the boat.
Is there a better option than the Garmin that is more nav oriented than sonar/fish?

It seems a bit daft to buy and pay for features that I won't use, I would rather have better nav kit that all those extras.

Any options more than welcome
 
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Simrad GO9?

Now I know it has loads of features that you might not use but one day you never know. The touch screen is excellent. Wifi app again is excellent. Auto updates over wifi. I have gone with the go7 only due to needing a big chunky sunken mount to cover the old holes left by previous gauges. Really impressed with it.
 
Sorry, missed the part about touch screen.

Only other thing is the iPad app is great giving you full control so you could leave the plotter upstairs and use the iPad downstairs. I had an iPad spare so I have dash mounted that at the lower helm. Cheaper than 2 plotters!
 
FARSCO said:
Sorry, missed the part about touch screen.

Only other thing is the iPad app is great giving you full control so you could leave the plotter upstairs and use the iPad downstairs. I had an iPad spare so I have dash mounted that at the lower helm. Cheaper than 2 plotters![/QUOTE

I like that idea
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I got a cheap case and attached the back part to the dash. Powered via a power regulated supply from the 12v.



When not in use the cover flips over it and even turns the screen off. The iPad can click in and out of the case no problem.



The simrad kit is very smart. Wish I could have had the GO9 but that is designed for flush mount with no adapter. It does come with a gimbal stand too though. The surface I had isn't completely flush and I had to cover old holes so I was slightly stuck. Still chuffed with it all though.



Give me a pm if you want to chat about any of it.
 
Wish my spare iPad hadn't had been white though. Christmas is coming and "spare" iPad might end up being a black one :):):)
 
The Raymarine W series is good (I used to own one) however the Navionics silver is rather lacking ie no contours after a certain depth(can't remember what depth 10m? ) it is purely a base map. Gold is so much better and full of mostly useful info. Platinum has lots of pictures, aerial photos, google type overlays which all looks rather cool but imo not worth the expense unless you intend venturing into lots of different previously un-visited ports.

When I got my new to me boat it had a Raymarine C12 with buttons which had the silver base map loaded. After my previous boat which had all singing all dancing platinum charts I wondered who had pinched all the contour lines along with the other info. Soon changed the chart to gold for the updated info. I also purchased a C9 touch screen. I now know what I would rather own, touch screen wins for me hands down. The beauty of the newer units is they have wifi so can connect to a tablet and operate like a touch screen unit without stretching forward to the main unit and, you can carry the tab about
 
Matsutec HP-828A (7.5") or HP-1228A (~11") Chartplotter AND AIS Transceiver. And plenty of change from your £900 too, allowing for the purchase, a dedicated VHF aerial and a CMap card.
 
superheat6k said:
Matsutec HP-828A (7.5") or HP-1228A (~11") Chartplotter AND AIS Transceiver. And plenty of change from your £900 too, allowing for the purchase, a dedicated VHF aerial and a CMap card.
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I was hoping you would chime in .I,am thinking of upgrading the 2001 plotter .Nowt wrong with it just seems like most electronic gadgets ,like phones /computer,s --suspect things have come on a bit since 2001 in the plotter world ?

On a forum search re AIS you have got one , a combined plotter and AIS

Ideally that sounds good --- I,am pretty useless with electronic tech -sorry for the Q,s


http://www.onwamarine.com/products/ais-gps-plotter/

How is it generally my I ask what do you think .
I have found out they are all made in China or thereabouts as is a lot of stuff these day s ,so not phased by that .
Apparently all AIS transceivers share the same motherboard -China !

AIS
It 2W ,what sort of range are you getting ? ,I know it depends on the ariel height --

Is 2w enough over a say dedicated £900 AIS unit on top of another new plotter ?

Also "clutter " how bad is that (even a 2w. Unit )

Any Med boaters ,how usefull is AIS in real life ,
Will it look like a hornets swarm around a nest in the SoF --- rendering it pretty useless ?---- the AIS bit .



Has to fit there replacing the Lorenz -- only 1 dash

Open to all suggetions ----
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Sorry to the Op -- looks like there,s a few of us
 
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I am Solent based and sometimes I turn off the AIS function so I can actually use the plotter without a smothering of triangles. The direct contact at Huayang Electronics who make the Matsutec is Susan her email is
[h=2]sales003@huayang-tech.com[/h]The HP-628A is a bit small with a 5.5" screen, and I wish I had gone for the HP-828A.

Not brilliant in direct bright sunlight, so if this is on your fly in the med might not be ideal. Great in a cabin.

I think 2W is the standard legal power for class B sets. I have a dedicated 1.5m whip aerial to one side of the fly bridge.

Having the AIS on is a bit 'Big Brother's watching' mind.
 
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