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Originally Posted by drcoastline
Hands down the Garmin GPS 741XS/18HD radar bundle. I bought on sale a few months ago for $1,899.00 doen from $2,199.00. Currently on sale at West Marine for $1,699.00. The new model 742xs and 18HD $2,199.00 are coming out so last years model deeply discounted.
Full color chart potter loaded with US maps, Radar interface overlay and depth/fish finder interface. This is a touch screen all in one unit.
Also NMEA 2000 capable. |
Cool, well, by small boat its 26' volvo inboard diesel and I don't want to add an alternator or anything like that. The 18HD says 4kw transmit, so that would be bit more than I would like to consume...
I was hoping someone could recommend one of the new low power "doppler" units. I'm a bit skeptical of the claims but the logic of implementation makes sense.
I hope I'm never more than 10 miles from land, mostly I want the radar to see other ships in the fog, and also to second guess my location if I'm ever caught out in the mist.
The new plotter is something I'm most excited about. The one I played with at west marine had a touch screen and was damn nice to use (unlike the current unit which feels as though it has the compute on the order of an old calculator.