Hi Marek, After screwing around for several years with a SailTimer Wind Instrument (solar-powered bluetooth-based masthead anemometer) and SailTimer App on an iPad velcro’d to the cabin wall - all of which only worked part of the time and was generally disappointing - last offseason I switched to a basic Raymarine system with a new DST sensor, new masthead wind vane, GPS receiver, iTC-5 hub, and MFD. Yes I had to cut a new through-hull, run cable up the mast and bilge, etc. But it’s been a huge improvement. I finally have reliable instrumentation on the boat, and use it every time out.
Cheers, Randy Stafford S/V Grenadine C&C 30 MK I #79 Ken Caryl, CO > On Sep 21, 2021, at 11:59 AM, Marek Dziedzic via CnC-List > <cnc-list@cnc-list.com> wrote: > > Hi, > > I am starting to think about adding the wind instrument to the boat. The main > reason is for being able to feed the data (wind direction) to the EV-100 > autopilot. > > I have a SeatalkNG network on the boat. I don’t have a Raymarine MFC, though > (I have a small Garmin chartplotter, instead). > > I am a minimalist (you could say “cheap”), so e.g., I don’t have a Navpod on > the binnacle; rather I have two individual RAM mount pods (for the > chartplotter and one for the p70s (the autopilot control head). > > I unstep the mast for every winter, so I am biased towards a wireless unit. > > I have a few questions: > > - Any recommendations for the wind instrument (Raymarine, Garmin, B&G)? My > first choice would be a unit that talks NMEA 2000 (SeatalkNG) (as opposed to > an analog unit that requires an extra device (iTC-5?) to connect. But this is > mainly to control the costs. > > - With limited space at the helm, what is the minimum requirement to feed the > wind data to the EV-100 autopilot? I don’t think I need the detailed wind > angle displayed, as long as the AP can follow. Though I could put the wind > display somewhere else (on the bulkhead?). But if that display is not > required AND I could save the cost by not including it, I might be fine with > that. > > - Any strong recommendations against the wireless? > > - Any other suggestions or recommendations? > > Thanks > > Marek > > 1994 C270 ”Legato” > Ottawa, ON > > > Thanks to all of the subscribers that contributed to the list to help with > the costs involved. If you want to show your support to the list - use > PayPal to send contribution -- https://www.paypal.me/stumurray > <https://www.paypal.me/stumurray> Thanks - Stu
Thanks to all of the subscribers that contributed to the list to help with the costs involved. If you want to show your support to the list - use PayPal to send contribution -- https://www.paypal.me/stumurray Thanks - Stu
