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Just perchased 27 cape horn cc, wanted to put a package together that would be interlinkable and funcion well.Intend to fish 50 to 80 miles offshore for big game fish.I am looking at furuno hard. Like the 1732c 4kw 36nm,582 ff,gp-37 trackplotter,icom m-502 vhf .A buddy and I are going to insall the electronics and spend the money on quality elect. instead of having someone do it for me.Thanks for any info!
They are both good. I personally like Raymarine's stuff better. Exactly what are you looking to buy? Chartplotter, radar, combo unit....? How much do you want/have to spend?
sorry for my ignorance. my name is Gary by the way. I am looking for radar/chartplotter in one,fishfinder color ,stand alone gps. Not crazy about putting all in one in case of failure . Had raytheon on my bertram radar/chartplotter ,l470 ff,and all worked well.but never fished for tuna or in 1000 + feet of water either as for theff anyway.and I intend to spend around 5000.00 or so.thanks for your input.
Not sure I understand ya? A GPS is the same as Chartplotter.
Sounds like you are looking for a GPS Chartplotter and Radar combo unit, and a standalone color fishfinder for $5k, is that correct?
If so, I'd get a Raymarine 7" Color LCD chartplotter and radar unit (model RL70CRC) with a 4kw radom. This will allow you to overlay radar data onto the chartplotter. Then, get the new DSM250 digital sounder module and a second 7" LCD screen for the FF. That would be one hell of a system and cost less than $5k complete.
As much as I like Furuno, for your budget, you may want to consider Raymarine. By all means get at least 1 color display, this way when you are running you can have the radar/GPS/chartplotter up and the depth on the B/W. When you are fishing, you can swap them and look at a color fishfinder and put the radar/GPS/CP on the BW. The furuno will probably run about $500-$700 more for roughly the same setup, but you can get a 1KW ducer.
William
1900CC Key West W/ 115 Yammie 4 stroke
Biggest boat that would fit in my garage!
yes what i was looking for is radar/chart one unit, in raymarine would be raynav 300 or 320 another unit, and a color ff , plus icom m502 vhf .so i would have 4 units all together.however i do like the raymarine set up with 2 units ,just for the ability to switch the screen layouts .in rough conditions i could put full screen radar on 1 unit and full screen chart on the other.I will look into raymarine a little closer .thanks for your input.O ya by the way nice LOOKING boat Birdman.
raynav300/320 are stand alone gps receivers.but it looks like im going with furuno and i will get either the gp32 or gp37 also stand alones.that way if i want to work off lat/long i can.and also have it for a back up in case the chartplotter/radar quits.
I got the Raymarine 70CRC all-in-one package. It came w/ the 7" color screen, GPS antenna, DSM250 sounder and VHF radio. Ran about $2850 at West Marine...(they ordered it special from Raymarine for me because they only carried the package deal w/ the GPS repeater unit which is redundant) But I carry a handheld GPS and VHF just incase all my electronics go out. I added a Hi-perf thru-hull transducer.
Katmandude... Scout Abaco 280 & Key West 1900 Sportsman .................................................. ... A Smart man learns from his own mistakes; a wise man learns from the mistakes of others.
yes, I also went with the raymarine package.RL70CRC all in one with vhf,waas antenna ,dsm250 transom ducer,4kw 48 mile dome.$5000.oo for all.Im going to add RC520 chartplotter.that way when in rout to and from ,I can have full screen radar in color ,and full screen plotter in monocrome .should work out well for me.
I just got an EMAIL from PowerBoats Report, some of these very same issues will be discussed in the next issue of PBR. They will be discussing the Furuno and Raymarine products.
I just got my Raytheon L760 back from being upgraded which makes it a Raymarine 770 now plus I put in a DSM 250 sounder and I can't believe the difference, I was shocked at the difference. If you've ever seen a hdtv, picture that in a fishfinder. If you can somehow see the Raymarine with the HD you will not want anything else.
That sounds incauraging, my new boat is going to be here monday 9-29. and all my electronics are comming with the dealer delivering the boat,he has already mounted the ducer for me.So Tuesday I should be starting to install the electronics.and Im very happy to read your report on the DSM250 sounder ,and can't wait to sea it for my self.Thanks for your input.
quote:Originally posted by hammer slammer:
Ray electronics are what fisherman buy for there kids 13 walers go FURUNO.
Your right, since Whalers are generally accepted by fisherman as one of the best hulls made, they assume they should rig them with the best of electronics.
furuno or raymarine 
