Rib Chartplotter

[r3tmac]

Do any of you that have chartplotters, did you flush mount it into the dash of the console or use the base that come with it? if it is flush mounted ,what do you think of it?

[Nos4r2]

Originally Posted by Sonar

Londonchartplotters

Touch screen and not..

I've got one of those-and the better Gobook waterproof as well. Don't bother. A proper plotter is far far better.

[Daniel]

Flush mount if space

[Pikey Dave]

Originally Posted by r3tmac

Do any of you that have chartplotters, did you flush mount it into the dash of the console or use the base that come with it? if it is flush mounted ,what do you think of it?

Flush mount, but take care to position it correctly, once you cut that hole, there's no going back.

[mick]

Or you could have a TV screen like me

[Chris]

I can recommend the SIMRAD EVO 2 range. They are both touch and button so have the best of both worlds.

Great screens and image quality is superb.

[scubaqua]

Originally Posted by paintman

I'm trying to decide between the Raymarine Dragonfly 7 & the Lowrance Elite 7.

The elite serie has no 2K network. Better choose for the 2 Gen serie.
I had a 5 HDS elite (nav and fishfinder) and bought a 5 2 gen nav also.
I use the 2 Gen nav also to show AIS info. The elite I use as 5" depth screen.

[The Black Pig]

Originally Posted by Starovich

I use an ipad (must be with Wi‑Fi + Cellular , celluar has the GPS Chip) Navionics, Nobletec timezero or Isailor. and a case from AudioNation, and a ram mount to hold it.

Means i can use it on the boat, the car or the motorbike and mean i get all the other stuff i pads give too.

Liking the idea on my ipad, but I am concerned about

: battery life
: screen visibility in the sun
: mounting
: what the costs are?
: water ingress on the ipad

[Pikey Dave]

The recently launched Lowrance HDS gen 3 is hybrid & looks very tasty lots of built in goodies that normally require additional modules.


.....sh1t happens.......

[Starovich]

Originally Posted by The Black Pig

Liking the idea on my ipad, but I am concerned about

: battery life
: screen visibility in the sun
: mounting
: what the costs are?
: water ingress on the ipad

case has a waterproof power usb connector.
screen ok but you not paying for a dedicated device.
mounting Ram mount

Case circa £100 Software £30-50 mount depends on what you need, i share the mount between my motorbike and the boat so i have 2 bases and 1 connector on the case.

I've used it for 18 months on boat and bike and had no problems with water ingress.

[The Black Pig]

Originally Posted by Starovich

case has a waterproof power usb connector.
screen ok but you not paying for a dedicated device.
mounting Ram mount

Case circa £100 Software £30-50 mount depends on what you need, i share the mount between my motorbike and the boat so i have 2 bases and 1 connector on the case.

I've used it for 18 months on boat and bike and had no problems with water ingress.

Thanks for that
I like the idea of that size screen with a chart plotter
I will have to see about a USB connector via the boat

[ynp]

The new Simrad GO7 touch screen will replace my broken NSS7. I already have the op40 installed to use the rotary controller and buttons. The Go7 is cheaper than Nss7 evo2 and has the same interface and speed. The GO7 units were announced this week.

We bought the Raymarine A67 for our 28' sailboat and tested it on my RIB. It was hardly usable in any spray. The NSS 7 first generation with the 6.4 display was much less sensitive to spray, even it has a touch screen.


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[Starovich]

Originally Posted by The Black Pig

Thanks for that
I like the idea of that size screen with a chart plotter
I will have to see about a USB connector via the boat

Similar to mine I also have a boot that fits on the plug, and seals on the socket

[M.Thornton]

Touch screens are an absolute wast of time on a rib.the Raymarine dragonfly units are great,we have three of them on our boats the only fault is the rather large transducer which is a bit vulnerable

[gotchiguy]

Surprised by all the hate for touch screens on a rib! If you get the right gloves (no more expensive than normal ones) then you can use it with them on. Touchscreen is unbeatable at rest as it's just so easy to use. If it's raining or extremely rough then you just set up the route and lock the screen so it doesn't pan around or anything silly. Coming from a Raymarine E classic our Garmin 7012 was an absolute revelation. Go for as big a screen as you can fit or afford! I remember a couple of years ago a guy fitted a 5015 to his Cougar RIB - it almost filled the whole console

[Portholme]

It's not the glove issue for me it's the heavy rain issue that seems to confuse the heck out of the touchscreen. Heavy rain usually equals low vis which is when you need the nav to be reliable. I'm thinking of making advisor for mine

[Portholme]

A visor not what got typed!!

[Seafox47]

Always use a plotter that has buttons or a hybrid screen. In rough weather or when wet you cant operate a touch screen. Regarding screen size, the bigger the better, provided it fits your dash