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Your getting A Belize 53? Great design. Been on board just at shows.
I have a Cross 31 I built myself. I do work as a charter skipper and
prefer multi's. My dream boat is Chris White's Atlantic 55. I
installed a Raymarine Radar/GPS on a Wildcat 350. I liked the ease of
installation and the fact I could understand the manual. Linked all
the seatalk together. Heh, with a laptop just program everything and
let the boat do the work. If there was a way to trim the
sails......FAIR WINDS
--- In , "John Fitzpatrick"
<fitzpatrickjohn2000 at y dot dot dot > wrote:
> 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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