Well Bill- Raymarine has had my soul for the last 10+ years and I can tell you it is not much different. I am hoping the new B&G plays nice with the Seatalk-ng network and other components. We shall see. I am still amazed that you need an extra processor that costs more than a computer to do relatively simple calculations. Dave
David Knecht S/V Aries 1990 C&C 34+ New London, CT  > On Jan 9, 2026, at 11:49 AM, Bill Coleman via CnC-List > <[email protected]> wrote: > > oohhh boy. > Well Dave, Speaking from experience, you now work for B&G. They own your > soul. The sooner you realise this, the easier your life will be. I started > out in 2018 with a hodgepodge of B&G stuff, Robertson Autopilot and 2 Simrad > Chartplotters and a couple analog processors. Why the PO had recently > replaced the chartplotters with Simrad is a mystery to me, as they have > limited usage for Sailboats. I spent more time below messing with that stuff > in vain than sailing, till I had a friend with IT experience (and a boater) > come over, and tell me which crap to cut out, and which wires to pull out,(a > lot!) and once I sold my soul to Navionics, and gave them my ACH Info, > bought B&G chartplotters, B&G autopilot controller, and the 5000 CPU, all my > problems went away. If I had not done all this, I would be in therapy now. > > Also, join the B&G group on Facebook, you will not get much tech help from > B&G, and the interface is not all that intuitive. That said when you get it > dialed in, it does work great, and is probably the best electronics for > sailboaters. > > Bill Coleman > Entrada, Erie PA > > On Fri, Jan 9, 2026 at 10:24 AM David Knecht via CnC-List > <[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote: >> Hi- Does anyone have a B&G chartplotter with Sailsteer? Aries got a new >> chartplotter for Christmas (Zeus 3s) and I am trying to set it up at home >> while waiting for Spring. There is the opportunity to input some target >> performance data in the Laylines section, but little to no explanation of >> which options to choose, what to input and how it is used in the absence of >> a sailing processor (H5000 etc.). Also, the target table asks for BS (boat >> speed) but our polar plots give VMG. I cannot find a full explanation of >> the choices in any B&G document so far. Thanks- Dave >> >> David Knecht >> S/V Aries >> 1990 C&C 34+ >> New London, CT >> >> <pastedGraphic.tiff> >> >> November is the time of the year when my Internet bills come in. It's also >> the time when you can show your appreciation of this list and the C&C Photo >> Album. Please help by making a small contribution using PayPal at: >> https://www.paypal.com/paypalme/stumurray All contributions are greatly >> appreciated. > November is the time of the year when my Internet bills come in. It's also > the time when you can show your appreciation of this list and the C&C Photo > Album. Please help by making a small contribution using PayPal at: > https://www.paypal.com/paypalme/stumurray All contributions are greatly > appreciated.
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