Electronics for new boat

[tuck]

Saw the post from JAGSARE1 about electronics on a budget. He mentioned $10000! Wow, what a budget!! Being a teacher, I am looking at a more realistic budget of say <$1200. I just purchased a 20' Hewescraft Searunner with a Johnson 140 (thanks to those that gave suggestions on the motor). The boat is a custom welded aluminum. Will use to fish in Puget Sound, the Pacific and Canadian waters. They start the boat January 5 and I will take delivery late February so I have some time to look for the best prices. I would like to be able to get a VHF and GPS/Fishfinder combo. I will be going to the Seattle show. Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated. Thanks in advance for the replies.

[Billy Kratz]

Save yourself a lot of money and buy the Eagle 320. It's a high quality FF and chartplotter for around $400. Then buy a navionics chip for your area and a nice VHF and antenna. The only problem is that it's black and white.

[tarnold]

Idea, not advice, you can get an Icom 402 vhf @$175, Galaxy antenna @$110, and Garmin 188 gps/sounder @$785. Total $1070
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[Dan in Alaska]

Hey Tuck, are all Hewescraft owners teachers? My 22-foot Hewescraft is aptly named "Summer School" .

I bought most of my electronics through a local stereo shop that was getting rid of their marine electronics. My best deal was a new Garmin 238 sounder for $450! I might be worth checking the yellowpages and visit all the shops that advertise marine electronics. They often have something on sale that isn't advertised. This is how I found my deals.

[flounder1979]

my budget on my new boat is $25k

[tarnold]

Spend a little of it on supporting THT.
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[tuck]

quote:Originally posted by flounder1979:
my budget on my new boat is $25k

And the suggestion you would like to make in reference to the post?

[sean9k]

I've got a few I could think of real quick for the Flounder post.

But my mamma always said if you don't got nuttin nice to say.......