Mike, My experience with mast mounted radar is not favorable. Close in targets tend to drop off (such as small boats and channel markers in the fog) as the radar tends to see above those objects. The mast mount is also hell on an overlapping jib.. Chuck Gilchrest
Sent from my iPhone > On Dec 29, 2015, at 2:23 PM, Headgorilla via CnC-List <cnc-list@cnc-list.com> > wrote: > > Thanks for discussing the Raymarine equipment, I am going into the NY boat > show next week to see my electronics people and probably but a package due to > all the rebates and discounts they offer, so I appreciate your experience on > this subject....I am listening. > > One Question: where the best spot to mount the Radar antenna, on the Mast? or > off a pole on the stern? > > Mike Dolan > 1979 34' C&C "Skywalker" > Southold, NY > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Chuck Gilchrest via CnC-List <cnc-list@cnc-list.com> > To: cnc-list <cnc-list@cnc-list.com> > Cc: Chuck Gilchrest <csgilchr...@comcast.net> > Sent: Tue, Dec 29, 2015 2:15 pm > Subject: Re: Stus-List Stus List - Raymarine Combo on sale again > > I believe the C series units also rely on NMEA 0183 networking language where > A, E series and newer will be NMEA 2000 and can network more readily with > peripherals such as wind, speed, depth, and autopilot. I’d check to see > what’s on your boat with regards to the peripherals and that may make a > difference in your decision making process. Don’t try to mix and match > instrument brands or operating language otherwise you will spend all your > sailing time trying to make the instruments talk to each other and at best, > functionality will be limited. > Chuck Gilchrest > S/V Half Magic > 1975 25 Mk 1 > > S/V Orion > 1983 35 Landfall > Padanaram, MA > > From: CnC-List [mailto:cnc-list-boun...@cnc-list.com] On Behalf Of Frederick > G Street via CnC-List > Sent: Tuesday, December 29, 2015 1:03 PM > To: cnc-list@cnc-list.com > Cc: Frederick G Street <f...@postaudio.net> > Subject: Re: Stus-List Stus List - Raymarine Combo on sale again > > Sure! The eS Series is the newest MFD from Raymarine, and is basically an > updated, more powerful version of the e Series, with both touchscreen and > hard controls. I would definitely recommend the eS over the e if you’re > looking to buy today, particularly at the 7” size where there’s not much > difference at all in price. > > The Raymarine c Series has NO touchscreen capability whatsoever; just > buttons. I’d put it at the bottom of the heap in terms of power and > functionality. > > How’s that? :^) > > Happy New Year, all! > > — Fred > > Fred Street -- Minneapolis > S/V Oceanis (1979 C&C Landfall 38) -- on the hard in Bayfield, WI :^( > > On Dec 29, 2015, at 11:22 AM, Tim Goodyear <timg...@gmail.com> wrote: > > Fred, thank you for that summary - I've been trying to work out what the > differences between the Raymarine models amount to in the real world. Would > you care to expand your descriptions to include the "c" and "es" ranges too? > > Thanks! > > Tim > > _______________________________________________ > > Email address: > CnC-List@cnc-list.com > To change your list preferences, including unsubscribing -- go to the bottom > of page at: > http://cnc-list.com/mailman/listinfo/cnc-list_cnc-list.com > > _______________________________________________ > > Email address: > CnC-List@cnc-list.com > To change your list preferences, including unsubscribing -- go to the bottom > of page at: > http://cnc-list.com/mailman/listinfo/cnc-list_cnc-list.com >
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