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09-22-2013, 05:05 PM
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Veteran Member
City: Aberdeen
Vessel Name: Orcades
Vessel Model: 1973 Malahide 57' 80 ton
Join Date: Aug 2013
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Auto pilot , navigation and radar
My old Robertson AP is playing up , old but functional radar and plotters ,
What complete system would you recommend ? Sailing Europe
Andy
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09-22-2013, 06:02 PM
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Guru
City: UMR MM283
Vessel Name: Northern Lights II
Vessel Model: Bayliner 3870
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Orcades
My old Robertson AP is playing up , old but functional radar and plotters ,
What complete system would you recommend ? Sailing Europe
Andy
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Si-Tex
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09-22-2013, 06:09 PM
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Guru
City: San Diego
Vessel Name: Circuit Breaker
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Orcades
What complete system would you recommend ? Sailing Europe
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SIMRAD! Really intuitive system and they're made over there. (Actually, there are not any truly bad ones.)
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09-22-2013, 06:09 PM
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Guru
City: Cary, NC
Vessel Name: Skinny Dippin'
Vessel Model: Navigator 4200 Classic
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Quote:
Originally Posted by River Cruiser
Si-Tex
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Yep... This.
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09-22-2013, 06:47 PM
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Senior Member
City: Merritt Island,Fl
Vessel Name: Sue Marie
Vessel Model: Prarie 29
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Yep: Si-Tex.
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09-22-2013, 07:38 PM
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Guru
City: Seattle, WA
Vessel Name: Pau Hana
Vessel Model: 1989 PT52 Overseas Yachtfisher
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Raymarine- especially the new Evolution autopilot.
NMEA 2000 is nice for interconnectability- at the same time, going with one manufacturer for all your gear reduces problems across the network.
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09-22-2013, 08:02 PM
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Guru
City: Kenai, Alaska
Vessel Name: Melanie Rose
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I love my Simrad, but given your goals I would put the most powerful radar array in that I thought was reasonable. I have found the broadband (G3) to be only very effective close in. I would also buy all of my equipment from one manufacturer to eliminate issues with mix and match hardware. I have all Simrad and for "the money that I had to spend", I think it's tops! It's almost always about the money you have, or want, to spend. All of the top of the line stuff has everything from on board routers for phones, computers, and music as well as all the stuff you need :-) Hard to go wrong unless you are unlucky.
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09-22-2013, 08:10 PM
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Senior Member
City: Hong Kong
Join Date: Nov 2012
Posts: 247
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Simrad is available all over Europe, while Si-tex is a no-name in Europe (not meaning bad, just that its not readily available), so difficult to repair or buy.
Simrad gets my vote.
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09-23-2013, 05:05 AM
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Guru
Join Date: Oct 2007
Posts: 22,553
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Find a shop and have the Robertson fixed.
It probably lasted 20-30 years , so another 30 should be fine.
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09-24-2013, 09:33 AM
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Veteran Member
City: Aberdeen
Vessel Name: Orcades
Vessel Model: 1973 Malahide 57' 80 ton
Join Date: Aug 2013
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FF You are dead right , cheers
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