Talonewo
Senior Member
I have spent the last two+ years getting a Hurricane Katrina damaged boat back up to safe cruising condition. The boat is in New Orleans(Slidell actually) but I live in San Antonio, I will move it to Corpus Christi as soon as possible, I'm getting close. The wind sensor was destroyed and to be honest fixing it was very low on my huge list of things to do. The boats electronics consist of a Raymarine E120(E80 on the flybridge) classic, an open array 72 mile 10Kw radar and a DSM 300 fish finder, all of it works fine but the cable for the radar was damaged. In removing the old cable I had to spend several hours removing much of the salon ceiling and a good part of the lower helm station. That got me thinking... while its all apart might as well run all the wires I might need up to the mast. That brings me to the wind sensor and any other up grades needed. The previous wind sensor was an analog stand alone unit(i.e. not NMEA 2000), I contacted the manufacture and they no longer make the sensor that was destroyed, so I'm starting over from scratch.
The electronics are at least 10+ years old but work, I don't want to replace them now, but anything new I buy I want to work with my current system AND still be able to use it with the new electronics I buy down the road some day.
First question, would you make the 450 NM trip from New Orleans to Texas without a wind sensor? My plan was to just look at the burgee on the bow.
question 2) when I do get the wind sensor what do you recommend, ultrasonic or traditional?
While everything is apart I'm thinking I'm going to run a NMEA 2000 backbone wire from the lower helm up to the stack below the mast for any future upgrades, there is already a spare co-ax cable for an antenna(although it is probably 20 years old). What else should I run while it's all apart?
Completely and totally unrelated, the other day I read a post from a "newbie" that was from Slidell, I meant to PM him but got side tracked and now I can't find the thread he posted on... New guy from Slidell if you read this PM me please.
The electronics are at least 10+ years old but work, I don't want to replace them now, but anything new I buy I want to work with my current system AND still be able to use it with the new electronics I buy down the road some day.
First question, would you make the 450 NM trip from New Orleans to Texas without a wind sensor? My plan was to just look at the burgee on the bow.
question 2) when I do get the wind sensor what do you recommend, ultrasonic or traditional?
While everything is apart I'm thinking I'm going to run a NMEA 2000 backbone wire from the lower helm up to the stack below the mast for any future upgrades, there is already a spare co-ax cable for an antenna(although it is probably 20 years old). What else should I run while it's all apart?
Completely and totally unrelated, the other day I read a post from a "newbie" that was from Slidell, I meant to PM him but got side tracked and now I can't find the thread he posted on... New guy from Slidell if you read this PM me please.