I am now primarily a 'day sailor', nevertheless, every time I take the
boat out for a spin, not matter how short the excursion, I have the
Standard Horizon 175C chart plotter turned on at the helm. I use it
more from a 'safety perspective' than a 'navigation tool'.
Some years back on a friend's C&C 34R with no chartplotter or radar, we
were motoring home after a race was called for lack of wind, in the fog,
and dam near ran into a navigational bouy . It could have been really
ugly hitting that immovable object at 6.5 knots.
Just knowing where these immovable objects are, even in broad daylight
under the best of visibility conditions, is something I pay attention to
on every outing and having the chart plotter right in front of my face
makes it easy and takes away some the risk.. Then there are all of the
advantages of navigation with the chart plotter. Now that I have one, I
would never be without one....if nothing else, my safety is worth a few
hundred $$$.
Rob Abbott
AZURA
C&C 32 - 84
Halifax, N.S.
On 2014/02/20 8:23 AM, Rich Knowles wrote:
I have had SH chart plotters ever since the first monochrome unit hit
the market. I consider them to be excellent value for the $$. I
generally put them up for sale before they die and buy the latest
model. Mine is installed along with my 23 year old Furuno radar in a
small piece of cabinetry I built inside the aft cabin. I can see them
from the helm and the numerical SOG, COG, BTW and DTW is repeated at a
now obsolete Raymarine Raydata instrument on the binnacle. Works fine
for me.
I don't like using laptops on board for navigation as they use way
more power than dedicated purpose built chart plotters and, while I
have an iPad and similar devices, the reliability and availability of
12v installed gear makes that the gear of choice for me.
I do work part time for The Binnacle and the Boat Show is on this
week. Good pricing on all our electronics. Check the web.
Damn. I'm shameless!!
Rich Knowles
INDIGO LF38
Halifax NS
Land of the Interminable Winter.
On Feb 20, 2014, at 7:37, "Roger Ware" <w...@qed.econ.queensu.ca
<mailto:w...@qed.econ.queensu.ca>> wrote:
Rich, I bought one of these at that price, and it is waiting for
installation in the Spring. I had one before, they are excellent
units. And BTW -- they have preinstalled chart data, so gone is the
era when you have to get ripped off buying a $300 chart chip as well
as the GPS. Don't get me wrong, I love the iPad, but it doesn't do
everything.
Roger, Kingston
*From:*CnC-List [mailto:cnc-list-boun...@cnc-list.com] *On Behalf Of
*Rich Knowles
*Sent:* February-19-14 11:57 AM
*To:* cnc-list@cnc-list.com <mailto:cnc-list@cnc-list.com>
*Subject:* Re: Stus-List Navigation Software
A Standard Horizon CP190i is available for less than $400, is
waterproof and very reliable. See binnacle.com <http://binnacle.com>.
Rich
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