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09 June 2005, 21:48
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Member
Country: UK - England
Town: York
Boat name: Hi Flyer
Make: Humber - Ocean Pro
Length: 7m +
Engine: Suzuki 140hp
MMSI: 235033234
Join Date: Jun 2005
Posts: 89
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Nav & Electonics Packages
New boat coming and tight budget (isn't it always). Want to be safe without going OTT. Boating will be up & down east coast to start with & next season getting a bit more adventurous. Want to avoid retro fitting if I can help it though. Wide open question - what to fit? I suppose wish list would be: combined Fishfinder/GPS/Plotter, Fixed VHF (DSC) with a handheld backup. Reliability with a bumpy RIB ride? Separate or combined units? Which make to go for? Where cheapest to buy? Help!
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09 June 2005, 22:00
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Member
Country: UK - Wales
Town: swansea
Boat name: Too Blue
Make: BLANK
Length: 8m +
Engine: Suzuki DT225
Join Date: Mar 2004
Posts: 12,791
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What a question
http://www.rib.net/forum/showthread.php?t=9842
Look at this thread - pretty well talked about!!!
I have found Cactus Marine about the cheapest - shop around and play one off against the other!!!
http://www.cactusnav.com/page.htm?ht...cactusnav.com/
Raymarine or Icom for vhf
Icom for Hand held
Raymarine if you can afford it for chartplotter/fishfinder - Navman are good but a few people have had probs with screen misting etc etc
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09 June 2005, 22:04
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Member
Country: UK - England
Town: Reading
Make: None
Length: under 3m
Join Date: Jul 2003
Posts: 2,039
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OMG! I agree with the Codman!
We have a Raymarine chartplotter, a Lowrance depth sounder and Icom radio. We're happy with them all - but would love a bigger, colour screen on the plotter!
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09 June 2005, 22:38
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Member
Country: UK - Wales
Town: swansea
Boat name: Too Blue
Make: BLANK
Length: 8m +
Engine: Suzuki DT225
Join Date: Mar 2004
Posts: 12,791
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Originally Posted by Louise
OMG! I agree with the Codman!
We have a Raymarine chartplotter, a Lowrance depth sounder and Icom radio. We're happy with them all - but would love a bigger, colour screen on the plotter!
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Which Raymarine do you have???
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09 June 2005, 22:53
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Country: UK - England
Town: Reading
Make: None
Length: under 3m
Join Date: Jul 2003
Posts: 2,039
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Raychart 425.
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09 June 2005, 23:04
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Member
Country: UK - Wales
Town: swansea
Boat name: Too Blue
Make: BLANK
Length: 8m +
Engine: Suzuki DT225
Join Date: Mar 2004
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Originally Posted by Louise
Raychart 425.
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Ah no wonder you wish it was a bit bigger - wish I had never seen an E120!!! Have ordered the C80 - best compromise for the money!!!
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09 June 2005, 23:21
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Country: UK - England
Town: Devon
Boat name: White Ice
Make: Ranieri
Length: 5m +
Engine: Suzuki 115hp
Join Date: Jul 2002
Posts: 5,015
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Quote:
Originally Posted by codprawn
wish I had never seen an E120!!!
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Our friend who I thought had a C120.... it's an E120
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10 June 2005, 04:21
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Member
Country: UK - Wales
Town: swansea
Boat name: Too Blue
Make: BLANK
Length: 8m +
Engine: Suzuki DT225
Join Date: Mar 2004
Posts: 12,791
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Originally Posted by Richard B
Our friend who I thought had a C120.... it's an E120
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Jammy git!!!!
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10 June 2005, 05:30
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Member
Country: UK - England
Town: Margate / Ramsgate
Boat name: Bumbl
Make: Scorpion
Length: 8m +
Engine: Yanmar diesel
Join Date: Feb 2002
Posts: 2,837
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Er... i said it time and time again, but i have had a bad experience with a Garmin combined plotter / sounder. Reccomend a cheap Lowrance (Eagle) Sounder, they seam to work well, gives you a wider range of plotter choice not being tried to the integrated units aswell.
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10 June 2005, 10:44
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Member
Country: UK - England
Town: Southampton
Boat name: SMH Rib / War Shot
Make: Ribtec / Scorpion
Length: 4m +
Engine: 100hp Yam/150hp opt
Join Date: Sep 2003
Posts: 2,069
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Flush mount
Flush mount it all if you have space on your console - then you don't have the worry of someone un-bolting your kit when the boat is unattended.
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12 June 2005, 06:48
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Member
Country: UK - England
Town: York
Boat name: Hi Flyer
Make: Humber - Ocean Pro
Length: 7m +
Engine: Suzuki 140hp
MMSI: 235033234
Join Date: Jun 2005
Posts: 89
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Thanks for info
Thanks for comments. New thread on ICOM just started. Still surfing for info & best prices on the rest.
Jeff
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12 June 2005, 19:23
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Member
Country: Belgium
Make: Osprey
Length: 7m +
Engine: 250 HP E-Tec
Join Date: Nov 2004
Posts: 258
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Daniel
...Reccomend a cheap Lowrance (Eagle) Sounder, they seam to work well...
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It's going to be our 3th Lowrance in 10 weeks time ...
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13 June 2005, 00:35
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Member
Country: UK - England
Town: mansfield
Length: no boat
Join Date: Oct 2004
Posts: 405
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Jeff
Might be worth a word with Steve the boat on here. He is Mr. Nautequipe marine. He does a fair bit of electronic stuff. Very helpfull and hes only in the west mids.
Martin
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