New boat electronics

[Dan Gurney]

Morning all,

We're just about to place an order for a new boat. They originally specced it with a Garmin Echomap 50s, but I need something that uses Navionics charts because they are the only ones Lough Derg in Ireland (our sumerhols spot). They've come back with a Raymarine A67 for the same money. It looks a decent unit and has the option for hooking up NMEA data from the engine. Does anyone have an experience with these? Pros/cons?

Cheers.

[Dan Gurney]

Boink

[Ovey]

I've got the A68 which is the same unit but with added chirp sounder - its a great bit of kit & easy to use & update etc. The only (minor) drawback is that with hindsight I may have opted for the slightly larger display of the A78 (they also have 9" & 12" displays too).

But it's a great bit of kit.


Sent from my iPhone using RIB Net

[Brian]

Go for the largest screen your new boat will take.
You wont regret it.

BTW what will your new boat be?

[Dan Gurney]

Storm force 6.1 with a DF140.

[Barrowboy]

Originally Posted by Clamchowder

Storm force 6.1 with a DF140.

Woooooohooooo

[Dan Gurney]

Originally Posted by Barrowboy

Woooooohooooo

I know... quite giddy tbh. Mil grey tubes with treadmaster wear patches. Was going to go for black GRP but I think white is probably a more sensible option.

Roll on next season.

[mick]

Nice one you could get a 12" stand up one like mine
I wouldn't bother with touch screen no good when wet.

[mick]

Originally Posted by mick

nice one you could get a 12" stand up one like mine
i wouldn't bother with touch screen no good when wet.

[A1an]

'Kin ell Mick!

You get the Adult channel on that thing?

[mick]

Originally Posted by A1an

'Kin ell Mick!

You get the Adult channel on that thing?

Got the inputs

[whackywoody]

Originally Posted by Clamchowder

Storm force 6.1 with a DF140.

Wow, going for the plunge with a brand spanking new boat

Don't think I could trust myself with a brand new boat

Don't the Garmin plotters come with the worldwide maps built into them?

[Dan Gurney]

Originally Posted by whackywoody

Wow, going for the plunge with a brand spanking new boat

Don't think I could trust myself with a brand new boat

I'm not going to actually use it! It's for looking at.

Originally Posted by whackywoody

Don't the Garmin plotters come with the worldwide maps built into them?

They do, but Garmin still don't have coverage of Irish inland waterways. The Raymarine seems to have a bunch of spiffy features that the Garmin doesn't too. The touchscreen part is the only bit I'm unsure on.

[neil.mccrirrick]

Congrats on the new boat order pal 👍 what a good do


Sent from my iPad using my finger

[kerny]

Nice one would be nice if you could get some pics of the build to post on here

[Dan Gurney]

Originally Posted by mick

I wouldn't bother with touch screen no good when wet.

Anyone else experienced this? It would seem to be a bit of a deal breaker in an open boat. Ovey?

[Bigtalljv]

My Lowrance HDS touch seems to work wet. But that's drips from hands and suits. Not wet like UK wet.

Jason

[9D280]

I know its not the same league but I abandoned my plan to use my phone with the memory map app as a backup plotter when I tried to phone someone in the rain and it started dialling random numbers in my phone book after scrolling to random locations...

granted I would hope a plotter would have overcome that bearing in mind its intended usage...

[Ovey]

I haven't had a problem with the touch screen, and it's definitely been wet! It's behaved perfectly so far. As I said earlier its a great bit of kit & even as a 6" display I can see both chart and sonar displays easily, but I may be inclined to go for a 7" or 9" display if I had the choice again.




Sent from my iPhone using RIB Net

[ncp]

Originally Posted by Brian

Go for the largest screen your new boat will take.
You wont regret it.

He's means the largest you can afford! Price goes up exponentially with screen size.