Plotter engine data

[wgc851]

Evening all,
i'm in the market for a new plotter, ideally 5/6" display. 99% of the time i will be inshore close to port in fair weather (boring i know!) whats the cheapest plotter this size that will display engine data through NMEA 2000. Due to my cruising circumstances i have decided that my engines are more important than where i'm going. I like the Garmin echomap series but doesn't look like its going to cut it

cheers

[Miller]

Simrad go5 not a bad piece of kit although the display could be bigger

[gpsguru]

IMHO a 5 inch display for a multifunction plotter is too small. I use twin Garmin echomap plus 95SV which are connected through a Garmin GMS10 network port expander , so that both displays can share all data. My Mercury 150 engine data is displayed by using a Mercury NMEA gateway, which is effectively a CaNBus to NMEA interface.

Generally I rely on the Mercury smartcraft for the engine data ( fuel burn rate and fuel used) and rarely look at it on the plotters.

[Pikey Dave]

Originally Posted by gpsguru

IMHO a 5 inch display for a multifunction plotter is too small.

Agreed I have 7" & 9" lowrance HDS plotters. The 7" is dedicated to the engine display & I wouldn't want any less real estate.

[jonp]

Garmin chomp 65cv would be a good starting point, these often come installed with free charts and engine data can be layered over the charts.

I moved from lowrance after 20 years to Garmin recently and haven't looked back. Not that you are after high end seafloor charts but this is what Im getting where I fish (offshore canyons in 300m+ water).

[Pikey Dave]

Originally Posted by jonp

Garmin chomp 65cv would be a good starting point, these often come installed with free charts and engine data can be layered over the charts.



I moved from lowrance after 20 years to Garmin recently and haven't looked back. Not that you are after high end seafloor charts but this is what Im getting where I fish (offshore canyons in 300m+ water).

That’s impressive Jon[emoji106]

[Iankristy]

Originally Posted by jonp

Garmin chomp 65cv would be a good starting point, these often come installed with free charts and engine data can be layered over the charts.



I moved from lowrance after 20 years to Garmin recently and haven't looked back. Not that you are after high end seafloor charts but this is what Im getting where I fish (offshore canyons in 300m+ water).

Yep impressive, where the fish [emoji476] [emoji23]

[wgc851]

Ooh that's looks trick Jon. I should have read the Garmin page propley, looks like the echomap 65cv would work, and like you say, the benefit of preloaded charts. For some reason I had it in my head that only the echomaps would display engine data

[RickW]

Originally Posted by Pikey Dave

That’s impressive Jon[emoji106]

Pretty sure both C-MAP and Navico both have these sonar depth shaded relief these days

Looks pretty if you have ever dived the Maine Dave you can see the wreck it’s that good

[jonp]

Originally Posted by RickW

Pretty sure both C-MAP and Navico both have these sonar depth shaded relief these days

Looks pretty if you have ever dived the Maine Dave you can see the wreck it’s that good

Yes that's correct they both do and I believe its all now owned by Garmin (Navionics, cmap etc).

[Barrel Rider]

Hi I have a raymarine element 7, it has nmea 2000 compatability. I think the dashboard data can only be displayed split screen though