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Old 01-01-2017, 04:57 PM   #20
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Originally Posted by Bruce B View Post
Dave,
We will have a speed paddle wheel.
As for the stand alone instruments, they will be banned from this boat!
The thinking is that we will instead use a pair of 14" displays in the pilothouse and a single 14" on the flybridge. There is more than enough real estate to have the information up at any time...
The Airmar 220 WX infact does give wind information. I am just not clear on how it differs from a traditional wind speed/direction sensor in a real life sense...
I'm thinking that the weather station would make an interesting addition to the boat and that if we find the wind portion lacking, we can always add the traditional sensor later.
Bruce
Bruce
With a quick search I could not locate any objective data. Subjectively I'd say that ultrasonic instruments retain reliability and accuracy whilst the 'traditional vanes' etc do not over the long run. But happy to be corrected if anyone has the info.
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