 |
|
26 October 2014, 10:17
|
#1
|
|
Member
Country: UK - Scotland
Town: Acharacle
Boat name: Iolar
Make: Redbay
Length: 6m +
Engine: Suzuki DF175
Join Date: Sep 2012
Posts: 1,047
|
New boat electronics
Morning all,
We're just about to place an order for a new boat. They originally specced it with a Garmin Echomap 50s, but I need something that uses Navionics charts because they are the only ones Lough Derg in Ireland (our sumerhols spot). They've come back with a Raymarine A67 for the same money. It looks a decent unit and has the option for hooking up NMEA data from the engine. Does anyone have an experience with these? Pros/cons?
Cheers.
__________________
|
|
|
|
26 October 2014, 23:07
|
#2
|
|
Member
Country: UK - Scotland
Town: Acharacle
Boat name: Iolar
Make: Redbay
Length: 6m +
Engine: Suzuki DF175
Join Date: Sep 2012
Posts: 1,047
|
Boink
__________________
|
|
|
|
|
27 October 2014, 00:12
|
#3
|
|
Member
Country: UK - England
Town: Portsmouth(ish)
Boat name: Wings
Make: Ribeye
Length: 6m +
Engine: Yamaha F115 AETL
Join Date: Oct 2013
Posts: 615
|
New boat electronics
I've got the A68 which is the same unit but with added chirp sounder - its a great bit of kit & easy to use & update etc. The only (minor) drawback is that with hindsight I may have opted for the slightly larger display of the A78 (they also have 9" & 12" displays too).
But it's a great bit of kit. 
Sent from my iPhone using RIB Net
__________________
There's weather out there - must be time to RIB!
(Or dive, or ref rugby, or.......)
|
|
|
|
|
27 October 2014, 08:12
|
#4
|
|
RIBnet supporter
Country: UK - Isle of Man
Town: Peel, IOM
Length: no boat
Join Date: Nov 2000
Posts: 2,511
|
Go for the largest screen your new boat will take.
You wont regret it.
BTW what will your new boat be?
__________________
Brian
"Ribbing-the most expensive way of travelling third class"
|
|
|
|
|
27 October 2014, 13:24
|
#5
|
|
Member
Country: UK - Scotland
Town: Acharacle
Boat name: Iolar
Make: Redbay
Length: 6m +
Engine: Suzuki DF175
Join Date: Sep 2012
Posts: 1,047
|
Storm force 6.1 with a DF140. 
__________________
|
|
|
|
|
27 October 2014, 16:07
|
#6
|
|
Member
Country: Ireland
Town: Galway
Boat name: Top Banana
Make: Scorpion 9m
Length: 9m +
Engine: Yamaha 421STI
MMSI: Yeah right!
Join Date: Jul 2013
Posts: 1,164
|
Quote:
Originally Posted by Clamchowder
Storm force 6.1 with a DF140. |
Woooooohooooo
__________________
|
|
|
|
|
27 October 2014, 16:39
|
#7
|
|
Member
Country: UK - Scotland
Town: Acharacle
Boat name: Iolar
Make: Redbay
Length: 6m +
Engine: Suzuki DF175
Join Date: Sep 2012
Posts: 1,047
|
Quote:
Originally Posted by Barrowboy
Woooooohooooo |
I know... quite giddy tbh. Mil grey tubes with treadmaster wear patches. Was going to go for black GRP but I think white is probably a more sensible option.
Roll on next season. 
__________________
|
|
|
|
|
27 October 2014, 17:53
|
#8
|
|
Member
Country: UK - England
Town: Wakefield
Boat name: Bouncer
Make: Redbay Stormforce
Length: 6m +
Engine: 2x Honda 100 Hp
MMSI: 235025718
Join Date: Jun 2009
Posts: 4,175
|
Nice one you could get a 12" stand up one like mine
I wouldn't bother with touch screen no good when wet.
__________________
|
|
|
|
|
27 October 2014, 17:56
|
#9
|
|
Member
Country: UK - England
Town: Wakefield
Boat name: Bouncer
Make: Redbay Stormforce
Length: 6m +
Engine: 2x Honda 100 Hp
MMSI: 235025718
Join Date: Jun 2009
Posts: 4,175
|
Quote:
Originally Posted by mick
nice one you could get a 12" stand up one like mine
i wouldn't bother with touch screen no good when wet.
|
__________________
|
|
|
|
|
27 October 2014, 18:01
|
#10
|
|
Member
Country: UK - Scotland
Town: Fort William
Make: Ribcraft 585
Length: 5m +
Engine: Yamaha F115
Join Date: Mar 2012
Posts: 2,896
|
'Kin ell Mick!
You get the Adult channel on that thing?
__________________
There is a place on this planet for all of Gods creatures.........right next to my tatties and gravy.
|
|
|
|
|
27 October 2014, 18:05
|
#11
|
|
Member
Country: UK - England
Town: Wakefield
Boat name: Bouncer
Make: Redbay Stormforce
Length: 6m +
Engine: 2x Honda 100 Hp
MMSI: 235025718
Join Date: Jun 2009
Posts: 4,175
|
Quote:
Originally Posted by A1an
'Kin ell Mick!
You get the Adult channel on that thing?
|
Got the inputs
__________________
|
|
|
|
|
27 October 2014, 18:30
|
#12
|
|
Member
Country: UK - England
Boat name: Carpe Diem
Make: Ribeye 650S
Length: 5m +
Engine: Yamaha F150
Join Date: Oct 2012
Posts: 548
|
Quote:
Originally Posted by Clamchowder
Storm force 6.1 with a DF140. |
Wow, going for the plunge with a brand spanking new boat
Don't think I could trust myself with a brand new boat 
Don't the Garmin plotters come with the worldwide maps built into them?
__________________
|
|
|
|
|
27 October 2014, 19:40
|
#13
|
|
Member
Country: UK - Scotland
Town: Acharacle
Boat name: Iolar
Make: Redbay
Length: 6m +
Engine: Suzuki DF175
Join Date: Sep 2012
Posts: 1,047
|
Quote:
Originally Posted by whackywoody
Wow, going for the plunge with a brand spanking new boat
Don't think I could trust myself with a brand new boat |
I'm not going to actually use it! It's for looking at.
Quote:
Originally Posted by whackywoody
Don't the Garmin plotters come with the worldwide maps built into them?
|
They do, but Garmin still don't have coverage of Irish inland waterways. The Raymarine seems to have a bunch of spiffy features that the Garmin doesn't too. The touchscreen part is the only bit I'm unsure on.
__________________
|
|
|
|
|
27 October 2014, 19:48
|
#14
|
|
Member
Country: UK - England
Town: Oldham
Boat name: Miss Isle
Make: Solent 6.9
Length: 6m +
Engine: 225 optimax
Join Date: Jan 2008
Posts: 1,409
|
Congrats on the new boat order pal 👍 what a good do
Sent from my iPad using my finger
__________________
I was born not knowing and have had only a little time to change that here and there.
|
|
|
|
|
27 October 2014, 20:10
|
#15
|
|
Member
Country: UK - England
Town: Ashton-under-Lyne Lancs
Boat name: IMOGEN
Make: Air-Craft 5.4
Length: 5m +
Engine: Suzuki df70a
MMSI: 235087492
Join Date: May 2010
Posts: 7,078
|
Nice one  would be nice if you could get some pics of the build to post on here
__________________
Member of S.A.B.S. (Lancashire Division)
|
|
|
|
|
27 October 2014, 20:12
|
#16
|
|
Member
Country: UK - Scotland
Town: Acharacle
Boat name: Iolar
Make: Redbay
Length: 6m +
Engine: Suzuki DF175
Join Date: Sep 2012
Posts: 1,047
|
Quote:
Originally Posted by mick
I wouldn't bother with touch screen no good when wet.
|
Anyone else experienced this? It would seem to be a bit of a deal breaker in an open boat. Ovey?
__________________
|
|
|
|
|
27 October 2014, 20:16
|
#17
|
|
Member
Country: USA
Town: CA
Make: Zodiac RIB-P
Length: 7m +
Engine: Suzuki 250
Join Date: Aug 2010
Posts: 1,235
|
My Lowrance HDS touch seems to work wet. But that's drips from hands and suits. Not wet like UK wet.
Jason
__________________
|
|
|
|
|
27 October 2014, 22:15
|
#18
|
|
Member
Country: UK - Scotland
Boat name: Wildheart
Make: Humber/Delta Seasafe
Length: 5m +
Engine: Merc 60 Clamshell
MMSI: 235068449
Join Date: Apr 2007
Posts: 4,671
|
I know its not the same league but I abandoned my plan to use my phone with the memory map app as a backup plotter when I tried to phone someone in the rain and it started dialling random numbers in my phone book after scrolling to random locations...
granted I would hope a plotter would have overcome that bearing in mind its intended usage...
__________________
|
|
|
|
|
27 October 2014, 23:34
|
#19
|
|
Member
Country: UK - England
Town: Portsmouth(ish)
Boat name: Wings
Make: Ribeye
Length: 6m +
Engine: Yamaha F115 AETL
Join Date: Oct 2013
Posts: 615
|
I haven't had a problem with the touch screen, and it's definitely been wet! It's behaved perfectly so far. As I said earlier its a great bit of kit & even as a 6" display I can see both chart and sonar displays easily, but I may be inclined to go for a 7" or 9" display if I had the choice again.
Sent from my iPhone using RIB Net
__________________
There's weather out there - must be time to RIB!
(Or dive, or ref rugby, or.......)
|
|
|
|
|
28 October 2014, 02:21
|
#20
|
|
Member
Country: USA
Town: California
Make: Avon 5.4m Searider
Length: 5m +
Engine: Yamaha 90
Join Date: Aug 2011
Posts: 1,260
|
Quote:
Originally Posted by Brian
Go for the largest screen your new boat will take.
You wont regret it.
|
He's means the largest you can afford! Price goes up exponentially with screen size.
__________________
|
|
|
|
|
|
Posting Rules
|
You may not post new threads
You may not post replies
You may not post attachments
You may not edit your posts
HTML code is Off
|
|
|
|
Recent Discussions |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Wings
RIB Saffron
Thunderbird
Top Banana
Red Mist
Imogen
