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Boat Forum / Electronics / December 2005Hello! question: raymarine st40 or navman 3100
hello guys! i'm an Italian sailor, i have small boat (6m) and i want to buy a wind system. my friend that live in MN, have found raymarine st40 or NavMan 3100 wich is the best?? Marco > hello guys! > i'm an Italian sailor, i have small boat (6m) and i want to buy a wind [quoted text clipped - 4 lines] > > Marco I suppose if you were considering the installation of a Raymarine/Autohelm autopilot you might go with the ST40 as it can be interfaced to the autopilot so that the pilot can steer to a wind angle rather than a magnetic heading. Otherwise I doubt you will find a definitive answer as to which one is the best wind instrument so I think you might consider purchasing the one that can be serviced in Italy under warranty or after the warranty has expired. Marco, I completely agree with Gordon but on one small point. Botht the Raymarine 1000 and the Simrad Tiller pilot will accept NMEA data. I would look at the display of each to decide which I found easier to read. You can pull the manuals for both of the websites. http://www.navman.com/marine/support/manuals/index.html#3000 http://www.raymarine.com/raymarine/Default.asp?site=1&Section=3&Page=328&Parent=166 That's where I always start. Matt Colie > hello guys! > i'm an Italian sailor, i have small boat (6m) and i want to buy a wind [quoted text clipped - 4 lines] > > Marco many thanks for answers! i think that raymarine has more assistence in Italy, but you have to consider the fact that i buy the item in USA, so, i've no warranty on it, only replacement part. anyway the fact that make me confused is the display: does the navman is more user friendly? from the shoots it seems to be larger than raymarine one.. Marco > Marco, > I completely agree with Gordon but on one small point. Botht the [quoted text clipped - 20 lines] >> >> Marco >Botht the Raymarine 1000 and the Simrad Tiller pilot will accept NMEA >data< So the Navman wind instrument ouputs wind direction in NMEA format? I've not checked the specs so I don't know if this is the case. Also, when you say these autpilots will accept NMEA data are you sure they will understand NMEA wind direction data, assuming there is such a thing? Certainly they accept NMEA data from a GPS to allow them to steer to a waypoint but I'm not so sure about other types of NMEA data. Marco As far as the display sizes go I've not looked at the specs but I guess the Navman could be larger than the ST40 since the ST40 is not the top-of-the-line Raymarine wind instrument. I have the old ST50 on my boat and I have no trouble reading it from 2 or 3 metres away. I think it is about the same size as the Navman. Could you not purchase the ST40 from the UK? That might allow you to get some warranty service more easily than if purchased from a US dealer. I thought Raymarine had worldwide warranty service? You may have to ship it back to the UK but most of us have to ship our units somewhere to get them serviced. >> Marco, >> I completely agree with Gordon but on one small point. Botht the [quoted text clipped - 43 lines] > back to the UK but most of us have to ship our units somewhere to get them > serviced. I did some checking and I see there is a NMEA output for wind speed and direction. So you just have to determine whether or not the autopilot can interpret this. |
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