mcarthur
Senior Member
- Joined
- May 9, 2018
- Messages
- 300
- Location
- Australia
- Vessel Name
- Blu Emu
- Vessel Make
- Ligure 50' aluminium power catamaran
We have a flybridge with autopilot and MFD, and a main cabin with same. Currently everything comes inside and terminates at the dashboard: MFD, AIS, VHF, wind indicator, etc.
I was thinking that instead of sending the radar connection, and AIS (and VHF), and wind data down to the main cabin, and then NMEA connection up to the fly when we're steering from there, instead I could just send them all to the fly MFD and the main cabin can take the nmea feed.
The only pain I can see would be that the fly instruments would have to always be on, using more power. And secondly, that there's a bit more risk of losing the "main" MFD collection point from weather and lightning.
Bad idea? Good thinking??
I was thinking that instead of sending the radar connection, and AIS (and VHF), and wind data down to the main cabin, and then NMEA connection up to the fly when we're steering from there, instead I could just send them all to the fly MFD and the main cabin can take the nmea feed.
The only pain I can see would be that the fly instruments would have to always be on, using more power. And secondly, that there's a bit more risk of losing the "main" MFD collection point from weather and lightning.
Bad idea? Good thinking??