New boat electronics questions
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I have a Edgewater 245 cc center console due in late April and will be outfitting it with electronics. I've spent the last few days here reviewing past posts on this topic which has helped tremendously. In my case I boat in the great lakes (western Lake Erie and Lake St. Clair area) where it's 4 - 35 feet or so - and I'm always within 10 - 20 miles of shore if not closer. I fish a handful of times per year so I really don't need the absolute best FF (chiirp etc) - I'm not that good at it any way. I've had older garmin units (gps 182c & 2006c) on past boats (and my current larger and smaller boat too) which I like a lot as they are intuitive and I know how to use them - so I am going to stick with garmin. So my thoughts are:
- garmin 7212 (might get the 6212 with buttons - not 100% sure yet)
- GMR 18 HD radar (if I add radar)
- garmin 100 VHF
- GSD-22 (6 pin)
- B60 (GAX 10982-00) thru-hull transducer (with 20 deg tilt for 16 - 24 deg dead rise flush mount)
So my questions with these above selections are:
1. pretty sure they are all compatible? (but want to make sure - and if I'm wrong, where?)
2. suggestions on where / who to purchase from? I like to support the forums I frequent as well as good local merchants.
As I said, I know the GSD-22 and B60 are basic units and there is better garmin gear available - but this boat is primarily a day cruising around boat not a fishing machine. So I appreciate any insight on how this package will work together. I am watching the cost, but if there is a huge difference in performance I'm open to considering it (e.g. why I chose the 7212 vs the 5212) Thanks!
- garmin 7212 (might get the 6212 with buttons - not 100% sure yet)
- GMR 18 HD radar (if I add radar)
- garmin 100 VHF
- GSD-22 (6 pin)
- B60 (GAX 10982-00) thru-hull transducer (with 20 deg tilt for 16 - 24 deg dead rise flush mount)
So my questions with these above selections are:
1. pretty sure they are all compatible? (but want to make sure - and if I'm wrong, where?)
2. suggestions on where / who to purchase from? I like to support the forums I frequent as well as good local merchants.
As I said, I know the GSD-22 and B60 are basic units and there is better garmin gear available - but this boat is primarily a day cruising around boat not a fishing machine. So I appreciate any insight on how this package will work together. I am watching the cost, but if there is a huge difference in performance I'm open to considering it (e.g. why I chose the 7212 vs the 5212) Thanks!
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I would get the GSD24 instead of the 22. The 22 just has a bad reputation. Resale value on the 24 will be much higher as well. I bought my gear from SemperFiFishing and was very pleased with all aspects of my dealing with him.
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I am also getting a Garmin 7212...PM me and I'll let you know who on here has it for $2800
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Location: Melbourne, FL
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I have a Edgewater 245 cc center console due in late April and will be outfitting it with electronics. I've spent the last few days here reviewing past posts on this topic which has helped tremendously. In my case I boat in the great lakes (western Lake Erie and Lake St. Clair area) where it's 4 - 35 feet or so - and I'm always within 10 - 20 miles of shore if not closer. I fish a handful of times per year so I really don't need the absolute best FF (chiirp etc) - I'm not that good at it any way. I've had older garmin units (gps 182c & 2006c) on past boats (and my current larger and smaller boat too) which I like a lot as they are intuitive and I know how to use them - so I am going to stick with garmin. So my thoughts are:
- garmin 7212 (might get the 6212 with buttons - not 100% sure yet)
- GMR 18 HD radar (if I add radar)
- garmin 100 VHF
- GSD-22 (6 pin)
- B60 (GAX 10982-00) thru-hull transducer (with 20 deg tilt for 16 - 24 deg dead rise flush mount)
So my questions with these above selections are:
1. pretty sure they are all compatible? (but want to make sure - and if I'm wrong, where?)
2. suggestions on where / who to purchase from? I like to support the forums I frequent as well as good local merchants.
As I said, I know the GSD-22 and B60 are basic units and there is better garmin gear available - but this boat is primarily a day cruising around boat not a fishing machine. So I appreciate any insight on how this package will work together. I am watching the cost, but if there is a huge difference in performance I'm open to considering it (e.g. why I chose the 7212 vs the 5212) Thanks!
- garmin 7212 (might get the 6212 with buttons - not 100% sure yet)
- GMR 18 HD radar (if I add radar)
- garmin 100 VHF
- GSD-22 (6 pin)
- B60 (GAX 10982-00) thru-hull transducer (with 20 deg tilt for 16 - 24 deg dead rise flush mount)
So my questions with these above selections are:
1. pretty sure they are all compatible? (but want to make sure - and if I'm wrong, where?)
2. suggestions on where / who to purchase from? I like to support the forums I frequent as well as good local merchants.
As I said, I know the GSD-22 and B60 are basic units and there is better garmin gear available - but this boat is primarily a day cruising around boat not a fishing machine. So I appreciate any insight on how this package will work together. I am watching the cost, but if there is a huge difference in performance I'm open to considering it (e.g. why I chose the 7212 vs the 5212) Thanks!
With NMEA 2000 all the Garmin stuff works really well together and is really easy to install and interface -- I want to upgrade to the new 8000 stuff--specs make it sound hot
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Join Date: Aug 2012
Posts: 2,418

I have a Edgewater 245 cc center console due in late April and will be outfitting it with electronics. I've spent the last few days here reviewing past posts on this topic which has helped tremendously. In my case I boat in the great lakes (western Lake Erie and Lake St. Clair area) where it's 4 - 35 feet or so - and I'm always within 10 - 20 miles of shore if not closer. I fish a handful of times per year so I really don't need the absolute best FF (chiirp etc) - I'm not that good at it any way. I've had older garmin units (gps 182c & 2006c) on past boats (and my current larger and smaller boat too) which I like a lot as they are intuitive and I know how to use them - so I am going to stick with garmin. So my thoughts are:
- garmin 7212 (might get the 6212 with buttons - not 100% sure yet)
- garmin 7212 (might get the 6212 with buttons - not 100% sure yet)
- GMR 18 HD radar (if I add radar)
I understand that you might not want to spend what it takes, but your boat WILL properly support the GMR-404xHD model, which would be my "minimum acceptable" unit if it were my boat; and if you have any pretensions of marking birds, then the GMR-604xHD or even GMR-1204xHD would be more appropriate. If you just can't swing any of these, then the GMR-24HD should be your absolute dead minimum.
- garmin 100 VHF
- GSD-22 (6 pin)
- B60 (GAX 10982-00) thru-hull transducer (with 20 deg tilt for 16 - 24 deg dead rise flush mount)

So my questions with these above selections are:
1. pretty sure they are all compatible? (but want to make sure - and if I'm wrong, where?)
1. pretty sure they are all compatible? (but want to make sure - and if I'm wrong, where?)
2. suggestions on where / who to purchase from? I like to support the forums I frequent as well as good local merchants.
As I said, I know the GSD-22 and B60 are basic units and there is better garmin gear available - but this boat is primarily a day cruising around boat not a fishing machine. So I appreciate any insight on how this package will work together. I am watching the cost, but if there is a huge difference in performance I'm open to considering it (e.g. why I chose the 7212 vs the 5212) Thanks!