Boat Forum / Electronics / July 2007

- Do you prefer Vector or raster? Raster has details, vector can zoom-as-you
like........ but misses details....
- What are considered the best S57 maps? I'm interested in mediterranean
area

My navigation is all NMEA 2000 and NMEA 0183 fortunately. It would also
allow for display of the vital machine data in a nice overview screen.
Now my machines are Mercury, and unfortunately not NMEA2000 but
SmartCraft.

I have a garmin gps 12 that is connected to a raymarine interface and
then to a com port on the PC. Last year everything worked perfect. This
year the green LED in the interface (NMEA-led) stops and start when he
wants.

Anybody know of a GPS simulator for testing out nav systems...
Hanz

I recently bought a new battery charger.  Even though the specs called for
12 guage, I installed oversized 10 AWG wire to the AGM batteries (one
battery on each of 2 banks) when I installed the charger.  When I crimped
the fuses into the cables at the + battery terminals, all I ...

Hey all -
I'm installing some Pioneer Nautica speakers in my sailboat.
http://www.pioneerelectronics.com/pna/v3/pg/product/details/0,,2076_310069914_66
349997,00.html
I'm trying to find the appropriate connectors to the speakers leads

Newbie here. If I should be somewhere else, please let me know.
A couple years ago, I bought a pontoon boat. We chug around our lake
with it, and love it. I would like to add a speedometer. I've searched
around, and most boat speedometers cover a range of 0-60 mph, 0-70 mph,

Has anyone in this NG experience with the Raymarine Gyroplus Yaw Sensor,
used with the older model 100 course computer? Is it worth while, i.e. is
there a significant performance improvement?
Wout

Hi, just checked out my battery bank and noticed one AGM.4D battery ha
a bad cell, only holding 10 volts after a long charge. ( this is a ban
of (four)  12 volts in series for 24 volt system).  All others are i
good shape. Should I be concerned with drainage to other batteries ?

I am looking for an SG-2000 ADSP1 or ADSP2.  IT DOES NOT HAVE TO BE
WORKING.
If you have one, please contact me at iamw7gsa@gmail.com (iamw7gsa at
gmail dot com) or call me at 904-821-5055.

I find some of the lights on a Sea Ray boat (2006), SmartCraft
instruments etc rather annoyingly bright in the night, especially the
Compass and the stereo remote control.
How can I dim them further, and possibly change the blue (!)

   My friend has a Globalnav 3000 C This is installed on a boat he recently
purchased.
   The unit seems to work fine, reads satellites, shows correct position on
the cartridge charts etc. etc.

I will be pulling my mast and am planning on adding a second VHF antenna
for a dedicated AIS receiver and eventually an AIS transponder.  However,
I'll end up with both of my VHF antennas next to one another.  I suspect
that this isn't a good idea.  Any suggestions as to how to ...

* I do networks and Internet Access Sharing systems on yachts. I'm curious
what most people are getting to share WiFi Hotspot connections from marinas
and such, and for those Laptop Cellular Internet Cards? Verizon is pretty
fast these days, as is Sprint and Cingular (Cingular ...

Would anyone know of a manufacturer (preferably in Canada) of 12 volt LCD's.
Not looking for ruggedized or marinized just a desktop type LCD either 15" or
17". I have customers who just don't want to use an inverter :)
Thanks...