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Subject: [worldcruising] JRC Radar
From: Anthony Powell (tonypowl@XXX.XXX)
Date: Thu Mar 08 2001 - 05:52:01 EST
I have had one for about a year and find the LCD display too hard to see.
Despite contrast and brightness adjustment, I have found that it is only
good at night and even then the font size requires a keen eye for the
information (i.e. longs and tats) to be readable.
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Subject: [worldcruising] Digest Number 682
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> 1. New guys on board :)
> From: Haakon Storm Heen <haakonh@XXX.XXX>
> 2. Re: New guys on board :)
> From: Gene Thiessen <starbound@XXX.XXX>
> 3. JRC radar
> From: "Shraga Renyi" <renyi_s@XXX.XXX>
> 4. Re: JRC radar
> From: Jack Harkins <jharkins@XXX.XXX>
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> Message: 1
> Date: Wed, 7 Mar 2001 18:08:58 +0100
> From: Haakon Storm Heen <haakonh@XXX.XXX>
> Subject: New guys on board :)
>
>
> Hi there :)
>
> This is Haakon Storm writing, one of the crew on S/Y Sunshine
> Story. We're four norwegian guys going to sail around the
> world, starting early April from Athens, Greece. Just wanted
> to drop a hello and thank you guys for lots and lots of good
> information.
>
> While we're at it, I have a few questions about the boat
> we purchased for our cruise.
>
> Our boat is a 44 ft "Sun Atlantic", which is built in Athens
> on licence from Jeanneau. The boat is identical to Jeanneau
> Sun Magic 44. Any people on this list with a Sun Magic?
>
> Also, any pointers to internet resources on world cruising
> would be greatly appreciated.
>
> If any of you guys wanna drop by our boat and get silly
> some time in the coming years, drop me a note! Our route
> will be something like:
>
> Athens - Italy - Marocco - Canari Islands - Caribbean Islands -
> Panama - Pacific Islands - Fiji - New Zealand - Australia -
> Micronesia - (Japan - China ++? Time will tell) - Thailand -
> India - Mauritzius - South Africa
>
> Alternative 1: South Africa, Gold Coast, Ivory Coast -
> Marocco - Mediterrean - Egypt - Cyprus - Athens
>
> Alternative 2: South Africa - St. Helena - Brazil -
> Caribbean - East Coast USA - Greenland - Iceland -
> Scotland - Norway/Norge/Home:)
>
> If any of you guys live in any of these places, get in touch.
>
> Nice getting to know you guys, cheers.
>
>
> BR,
> Haakon Storm Heen
> Oslo, Norway.
>
>
>
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> Message: 2
> Date: Wed, 07 Mar 2001 13:32:41 -0500
> From: Gene Thiessen <starbound@XXX.XXX>
> Subject: Re: New guys on board :)
>
> Haakon Storm Heen: Many years ago (1957...probably before you were a
twinkle
> in you're father's eye!!!) my friend and I arrived in Bergen and spent
> several days there enjoying the hospitality of both the town and the
people.
> We then took the night train to Oslo where we enjoyed the same hospitality
> for several days, plus the companionship of several off duty SAS
> hostesses!!. It is the hospitality and friendship among people that must
be
> maintained in this world that sometimes seems so disorderly.
> From the 1st of May until the end of September, my wife, our cat and I
> live on our 35 foot Bristol (1967) which we have renovated. Though we
often
> sail to Maine, Newport, Block Island, or in the other direction to the
> Chesapeake Bay (either for a few days, or a few weeks), our home base is
> Mooring D-7 in Sag Harbor New York. If you are coming to the upper East
> Coast., the western part of Long Island Sound is a wonderful place to sail
> with many small harbor towns. Block Island, in the Great Salt Pond, is
one
> of our favorite places to rest. Sag Harbor is nestled in the southwest
> corner of Gardinier's Bay just before Shelter Island.
> If our boat is in the harbor, you can't miss it it because it is the
only
> one with a yellow hull! My email address is<starbound@XXX.XXX>
> Welcome, Gene & Ina Thiessen
>
> Haakon Storm Heen wrote:
>
> > Hi there :)
> >
> > This is Haakon Storm writing, one of the crew on S/Y Sunshine
> > Story. We're four norwegian guys going to sail around the
> > world, starting early April from Athens, Greece. Just wanted
> > to drop a hello and thank you guys for lots and lots of good
> > information.
> >
> > While we're at it, I have a few questions about the boat
> > we purchased for our cruise.
> >
> > Our boat is a 44 ft "Sun Atlantic", which is built in Athens
> > on licence from Jeanneau. The boat is identical to Jeanneau
> > Sun Magic 44. Any people on this list with a Sun Magic?
> >
> > Also, any pointers to internet resources on world cruising
> > would be greatly appreciated.
> >
> > If any of you guys wanna drop by our boat and get silly
> > some time in the coming years, drop me a note! Our route
> > will be something like:
> >
> > Athens - Italy - Marocco - Canari Islands - Caribbean Islands -
> > Panama - Pacific Islands - Fiji - New Zealand - Australia -
> > Micronesia - (Japan - China ++? Time will tell) - Thailand -
> > India - Mauritzius - South Africa
> >
> > Alternative 1: South Africa, Gold Coast, Ivory Coast -
> > Marocco - Mediterrean - Egypt - Cyprus - Athens
> >
> > Alternative 2: South Africa - St. Helena - Brazil -
> > Caribbean - East Coast USA - Greenland - Iceland -
> > Scotland - Norway/Norge/Home:)
> >
> > If any of you guys live in any of these places, get in touch.
> >
> > Nice getting to know you guys, cheers.
> >
> > BR,
> > Haakon Storm Heen
> > Oslo, Norway.
> >
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> Message: 3
> Date: Thu, 8 Mar 2001 06:40:18 +0200
> From: "Shraga Renyi" <renyi_s@XXX.XXX>
> Subject: JRC radar
>
> I want to change my old radar to a modern one with LCD display. One of the
> candidates is the JRC 1000.
> Is JRC is a releable manufacturer?
> Is the JRC 1000 is a releable system?
>
>
> Thanks
>
> Shraga Renyi
>
> S/Y AGNUS
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> Message: 4
> Date: Wed, 07 Mar 2001 23:33:15 -0600
> From: Jack Harkins <jharkins@XXX.XXX>
> Subject: Re: JRC radar
>
> Hello, Shraga -
>
> A friend has one and likes it a good deal. His cruising is on Lake
Michigan and he uses it for Coastal cruising. I've read a couple of reviews
> which were modest at best.
>
> My friend's unit has had no electrical problems in the three years he's
had the system. A question I'd want answered is whether it can be
> repaired locally or at factory only.
>
> Jack Harkins
>
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