I've had 2 Raymarine products. Both were junk. The first product was 4000+ 
autopilot. On matter they or I did it would not steer a straight course. The 
unit was rated for a 16000 lbs boat. It was installed on a Pearson 28, well 
below the displacement limit. Product #2 is a st40 wind instrument. It worked 
for 1 week after the installation. I sent it back to Raymarine service and they 
repaired it. The repaired unit worked for 2 weeks. They currently have the unit 
and can not duplicate the problem. The problem is it displays all dashes on the 
instrument. I said how about a new one. They said $130. I said free. They said 
no. 

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> On Feb 14, 2014, at 8:36 AM, Jim Reinardy <[email protected]> wrote:
> 
> I have not used the Raymarine, so I can't compare.  However, I did go the B&G 
> route last year with 3 Triton displays and a Zeus Touch 7 on Firewater last 
> year.  I have found it very easy to use, very flexible and would recommend it 
> to anyone looking at instruments.  No connection to either company, just a 
> satisfied user.
>  
> Jim Reinardy
> C&C 30-2 Firewater
> Milwaukee, WI
>  
> From: [email protected]
> Date: Fri, 14 Feb 2014 08:47:54 -0500
> To: [email protected]; [email protected]
> Subject: Re: Stus-List Depth sounders and Knot meters
> 
> If I was making the purchase for my boat, I would go with the Raymarine. I 
> have found the quality and reliability to be very good and I really like how 
> intuitive they are to use. I used the new B&G stuff on a recent delivery and 
> was not terribly impressed with its ease of use. And I had to resort to the 
> manual a lot for basic functions that are straightforward on the Raymarine. 
> Of course that could just be an operator problem.
> 
> Andy
> C&C 40
> Peregrine
> 
> 
> On Fri, Feb 14, 2014 at 8:36 AM, Pierre Tremblay <[email protected]> 
> wrote:
> 
> 
> For B&G canadian sources, you can try Marine Outfitter (Pride) in Kingston, 
> and maybe RadioWorld can do a special order, as they have other Navico 
> product. Or if the tax system works the same in both direction between 
> Ontario and Quebec, look at BLYacht.com (Boulet Lemelin in Quebec City, and 
> No affiliation at all). Their pricing is almost the same as in US so you can 
> save on the exchange rate and maybe only add 5% GST and shipping.
> 
> I also took the B&G route last year. I evaluated price and feature of all the 
> big brand, and when Navico announced the Zeus Touch, I was in love (and still 
> in love). Ok maybe it's Valentine's day, let say I like them very much. I 
> already had B&G Hornet 4, so I only added a Tinley Hornet-to-NMEA box to 
> provide wind/speed data to the ZeusT and Triton.
> 
> Last year, CAN and US $ where at par, so I went with Defender during their 
> Spring sale and paid way less than any Canadian supplier. This year, I went 
> with RadioWorld.ca for my AC12-RC42-RF300-N2K pack.
> 
> Regards,
> Pierre Tremblay
> Avalanche, #54988
> C&C38-3 WK, hull #76 
> De : Bob Hickson <[email protected]>
> À : [email protected] 
> Envoyé le : jeudi 13 février 2014 17h38
> Objet : Stus-List Depth sounders and Knot meters
> 
> I checked all the instruments at the Toronto Boat Show as I am looking to 
> replace instruments on my boat this year.
> The new Raymarine instruments look cheap and I was not at all impressed.
> Garmin instruments looked OK but not great quality either IMHO
>  
> I was most impressed by the new B&G Triton instruments.
> This is a new, affordable line of instruments from B&G..
> Seemed to be very good quality and nice displays.
> Prices for the B&G Triton line are roughly equivalent to Raymarine
> Pretty much made up my mind to buy them if I can find them in Canada.
> They seem to be readily available in the US
>  
>  
> Best regards,
> Bob Hickson, P. Eng, RHI, CEA
> C&C 29-2 Flying Colours
> Frenchman's Bay Yacht Club
> Pickering, ON
> (416) 919-2297
> [email protected]
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