Specing out electronics systems. I've always had Raymarine on my
bigger boats, but I've been hearing some ugly stories (again - almost
like they were back in Newport) about the quality level and service
problems.

http://www.raymarine.com/ProductDeta...PRODU CT=1677

https://buy.garmin.com/shop/shop.do?pID=8114

I'm not all that familiar with Furuno systems - any help there would
be appreciated. I'm not sure if they have a complete "system" or not.

Thanks.

"Tom Francis - SWSports" wrote in
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Specing out electronics systems. I've always had Raymarine on my
bigger boats, but I've been hearing some ugly stories (again - almost
like they were back in Newport) about the quality level and service
problems.

http://www.raymarine.com/ProductDeta...PRODU CT=1677

https://buy.garmin.com/shop/shop.do?pID=8114

I'm not all that familiar with Furuno systems - any help there would
be appreciated. I'm not sure if they have a complete "system" or not.

Thanks.

Furuno is what most of the commercial guys use out here on the correct
coast. They do have complete systems. Look at Furuno Navnet.

On Tue, 16 Dec 2008 06:13:33 -0500, Tom Francis - SWSports
wrote:

I'm not all that familiar with Furuno systems - any help there would
be appreciated. I'm not sure if they have a complete "system" or not.

I've had an integrated Furuno system on the GB49 for four years -
installed everything myself with no problems. It combines the
functions of radar/GPS/chartplotter/fishfinder/depth sounder into one
10 inch, high visibility, weather proof display. It worked great
right out of the box and has never needed servicing of any kind. I've
called Technical Support a couple of times with questions and always
reached knowledgable people with the right answers. They even sent
me a free cable once for transmitting NMEA data to the lower helm. I
also have a secondary 7 inch display but it does not have a trackball
cursor pointer like the 10 inch model, and I find it more difficult to
use as a result.

On Tue, 16 Dec 2008 16:04:33 -0500, Wayne.B
wrote:

On Tue, 16 Dec 2008 06:13:33 -0500, Tom Francis - SWSports
wrote:

I'm not all that familiar with Furuno systems - any help there would
be appreciated. I'm not sure if they have a complete "system" or not.

I've had an integrated Furuno system on the GB49 for four years -
installed everything myself with no problems. It combines the
functions of radar/GPS/chartplotter/fishfinder/depth sounder into one
10 inch, high visibility, weather proof display. It worked great
right out of the box and has never needed servicing of any kind. I've
called Technical Support a couple of times with questions and always
reached knowledgable people with the right answers. They even sent
me a free cable once for transmitting NMEA data to the lower helm. I
also have a secondary 7 inch display but it does not have a trackball
cursor pointer like the 10 inch model, and I find it more difficult to
use as a result.

I've seen your system - I forgot about that. My bad.

I've always been a Raymarine guy, but lately, I've heard some really
interesting tales about their service. I've never had problems with
service with them - in fact, just the opposite, but these are folks
who ordinarily are pretty level headed - they weren't happy. Almost
like back in the Newport days.

There's a Furuno dealer down in Mystic - I might drop down there later
this week and check them out.

On Tue, 16 Dec 2008 16:19:04 -0500, Tom Francis - SWSports
wrote:

On Tue, 16 Dec 2008 16:04:33 -0500, Wayne.B
wrote:

On Tue, 16 Dec 2008 06:13:33 -0500, Tom Francis - SWSports
wrote:

I'm not all that familiar with Furuno systems - any help there would
be appreciated. I'm not sure if they have a complete "system" or not.

I've had an integrated Furuno system on the GB49 for four years -
installed everything myself with no problems. It combines the
functions of radar/GPS/chartplotter/fishfinder/depth sounder into one
10 inch, high visibility, weather proof display. It worked great
right out of the box and has never needed servicing of any kind. I've
called Technical Support a couple of times with questions and always
reached knowledgable people with the right answers. They even sent
me a free cable once for transmitting NMEA data to the lower helm. I
also have a secondary 7 inch display but it does not have a trackball
cursor pointer like the 10 inch model, and I find it more difficult to
use as a result.

I've seen your system - I forgot about that. My bad.

I've always been a Raymarine guy, but lately, I've heard some really
interesting tales about their service. I've never had problems with
service with them - in fact, just the opposite, but these are folks
who ordinarily are pretty level headed - they weren't happy. Almost
like back in the Newport days.

There's a Furuno dealer down in Mystic - I might drop down there later
this week and check them out.

I got all of my stuff from these guys:

http://www.pyacht.com/furuno.htm

Good prices, good service. The guy you want to talk to is Mark.

The system comparable to mine is the NavNet vx2.