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From: Phil Sherwood (no email)
Date: Sun Apr 16 2006 - 13:39:12 EDT
I replaced my old, dead radar with a Furuno 1715 and think it is reliable
and delivers a lot of bang for the buck. The 1715 is the "top end of the
bottom end" of the Furuno line, which includes some pretty flashy and fancy
stuff. It does support NMEA 0183 and have a couple of other whizbang
feaures but is otherwise decidedly un-fancy and straight-ahead (silver/gray
monochrome screen, max 24-mi range, and the usual stuff like VBL, range
ring, etc.).
As well, on my previous boat I had an old, basic, green-screen Furuno that
worked just fine after many years of service. FWIW, you see Furunos on
quite a few of the commercial boats around here (Seattle). No vested
interest in the company or product; just passin' along an opinion. Cheers,
Phil
s/v Cynosure (Passport 40 #129)
lying Roche Harbor WA
At 09:51 AM 4/16/2006, you wrote:
>[...] What has been your experience with these new radar units? Do they
>stand up to use for ages or do they break down after a couple good
>watches? Any manufacturer recommendations? Repairs outside of the
>U.S.? [...]
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