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Ocean Navigator magazine had a good article in their Mar/Apr issue
titled "convergence hits the nav station". In case the below link is
too long you can read it at http://www.oceannavigator.com/ select By
Issue, March/April 2003.
http://www.oceannavigator.com/site/csrv/content.asp?id=4337&page=1
--- In , "whsouthworth" <whs at g dot dot dot >
wrote:
> I've had Raytheon, aka Raymarine, on my past three boats and have
been
> very happy with Raymarine products and ecstatic with Raymarine's
> service. On my current boat I switched to B&G at the recommendation
of
> a dealer and it was no end of problems until I finally removed the
> whole thing and purged B&G from my boat. I now have two Raymarine
> RL80 Radar/Chartplotter displays, a RayNav300 WAAS GPS, and an older
> Raytheon DGPS as backup, an Airmar NMEA depth/speed sensor, an AR
NMEA
> wind sensor, a Simrad Robertsen Autopilot and a PC. It all plays
> together fine through a NMEA multiplexor.
>
> My main problem with the B&G is that it's a monolith. If one part
> fails, then the whole thing becomes flakey. This has not been my
> experience with Raytheon. With my new setup I have a backup and
> isolation for every part.
>
> My approach is more for offshore cruising then racing. I want total
> reliability more than fancy features. My own personal experience and
> what I've heard in my travels tell me that Raymarine, Simrad
> (autopilots) and Furuno (radars) are the most reliable brands. I
> switched to a Simrad Robertsen autopilot, for example, because the
> fishermen in Maine swear by them. My B&G used to do random 360
degree
> turns every so often. My idea of a successful autopilot is one
which
> can take over the helm and keep on the same course regardless of the
> conditions.
>
> - Bill Southworth, S/V Barbara Ann, www.barbara-ann.com
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