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drewr3737atnowhere wrote in message
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I am adding a full set of electronics to my sailboat and have looked
at both the Raymarine ST60 + the Navman wind, depth and speed
packages. The Raymarine is currently about $1045 at Defender and the
Navman is a little bit more, about $1100 or so, but it includes a 4th
display repeater which might be very handy indeed. I like the Navman
displays, the numbers are a little bit bigger and the 4th display is a
big plus, but I do not know much about the company.

The Navman manuf. rep at the Newport Boat Show yesterday nearly
convinced me that his product was the best, but I have some concerns.

My first question is will my old Datamarine speed and depth
transducers work with either of this new equipment? Will I lose any
thing by going with the Navman in interfacing my Raymarine autopilot?
For instance, I know the SeaTalk transmits more information than the
NMEA ouptut, and one function I would like is the ability for the
autpilot to follow the wind, rather than a fixed GPS point. Is this
possible with the Navman equipment?

Is the Raymarine bundle an "end of life" that is being sold off so
that a new, better product is on the way?

And finally, where might I get the best price on the Navman stuff if I
do indeed decide to go that way? Their margins must be small because
I cant seem to find anywhere that discounts them.