My Capri 25 had a knotmeter, and I purchased a cheap depth sounder for it... I came to LOVE having those features.
Sailed on a buddies S2 over the summer, and they had an analog wind gauge (that which I am thinking was pretty old)... I poo-pooed it a lot when we sailed together, but then I found that knowing wind speed and apparent wind direction without having to break my neck to look all the way up was a good thing. NO I won't stop doing that, because I am obsessed with mainsail trim...
Flash forward my new to me 32 year old S2 had all busted electronics (from sitting outside for 8 years with no use).
I thought I could repair the "speed/depth" but alas it was a "Standard Horizon" product that is no longer made (for 10 years). No support and frankly wasn't worth having a 3rd party work on it.
So my "scheme" was to get Wind/Speed/Depth. I like Raymarine, but the cheap i50/i60 package is like $1350! It's not even full digital!
Simrad had the is40 which was all-in-one on 1 gauge, but showing all the data in 1 place means a crammed display I KNOW I'd want 2 displays before long. Price $1350.
Raymarine has the i70 product which is sweet, but is ALL DIGITAL, requires analog to digital converters for the transducers, and its also a single display like above, and runs about $1500, or $1350 on sale.
Then the Tacktick stuff which is really just Raymarine now, is all in the $2000 range but wireless. Forget about Nexxus or Garmin.
Raymarine makes the i40 stuff, but the displays are all LCD... that is fine for speed and depth, but wind? I dunno how I feel about that. That is pretty inexpensive, and I think came in around $1200 all in.
Then I found the perfect product... it's analog, has a nice analog wind indicator, but LCD displays (not color, so should be easy on power), and a very simple network, that is easy to make NMEA 2000 compatible (the new standard for most electronics)... it was the IS20 Combi/Wind... Guess what? They discontinued it! Price point from Simrad was $1100.
So I started a search through ebay and such to find someone who had an overstock and found this place (others said they had it and didn't):
http://simrad.factoryoutletstore.com/
The bigger storefront is: http://factoryoutletstore.com
Anyway, analog wind, simple wiring, all in a box (transducers, wires, backbone, gauges)... for $999 shipped. Not horrible. I was worried as everyone else "claimed" to have it in stock, but they were all backordered (keep in mind it's discontinued)...
I ordered it 12/12, it came yesterday 12/16, order still showed "processing" when it arrived. OK.
http://simrad.factoryoutletstore.com/de ... y_id=56200
I have no idea how it works and likely won't until Spring... I'll test the paddlewheel of course, but the price is right... But I thought I'd share if you are of the mind to get a gift for yourself/boat this Christmas.
Enjoy the wet box picture.
What simrad says about it:
http://www.simrad-yachting.com/en-US/Pr ... en-us.aspx
Sorry I'm excited, this is the most electronics I've ever had for a boat, and they will all talk to one another.
Sailed on a buddies S2 over the summer, and they had an analog wind gauge (that which I am thinking was pretty old)... I poo-pooed it a lot when we sailed together, but then I found that knowing wind speed and apparent wind direction without having to break my neck to look all the way up was a good thing. NO I won't stop doing that, because I am obsessed with mainsail trim...
Flash forward my new to me 32 year old S2 had all busted electronics (from sitting outside for 8 years with no use).
I thought I could repair the "speed/depth" but alas it was a "Standard Horizon" product that is no longer made (for 10 years). No support and frankly wasn't worth having a 3rd party work on it.
So my "scheme" was to get Wind/Speed/Depth. I like Raymarine, but the cheap i50/i60 package is like $1350! It's not even full digital!
Simrad had the is40 which was all-in-one on 1 gauge, but showing all the data in 1 place means a crammed display I KNOW I'd want 2 displays before long. Price $1350.
Raymarine has the i70 product which is sweet, but is ALL DIGITAL, requires analog to digital converters for the transducers, and its also a single display like above, and runs about $1500, or $1350 on sale.
Then the Tacktick stuff which is really just Raymarine now, is all in the $2000 range but wireless. Forget about Nexxus or Garmin.
Raymarine makes the i40 stuff, but the displays are all LCD... that is fine for speed and depth, but wind? I dunno how I feel about that. That is pretty inexpensive, and I think came in around $1200 all in.
Then I found the perfect product... it's analog, has a nice analog wind indicator, but LCD displays (not color, so should be easy on power), and a very simple network, that is easy to make NMEA 2000 compatible (the new standard for most electronics)... it was the IS20 Combi/Wind... Guess what? They discontinued it! Price point from Simrad was $1100.
So I started a search through ebay and such to find someone who had an overstock and found this place (others said they had it and didn't):
http://simrad.factoryoutletstore.com/
The bigger storefront is: http://factoryoutletstore.com
Anyway, analog wind, simple wiring, all in a box (transducers, wires, backbone, gauges)... for $999 shipped. Not horrible. I was worried as everyone else "claimed" to have it in stock, but they were all backordered (keep in mind it's discontinued)...
I ordered it 12/12, it came yesterday 12/16, order still showed "processing" when it arrived. OK.
http://simrad.factoryoutletstore.com/de ... y_id=56200
I have no idea how it works and likely won't until Spring... I'll test the paddlewheel of course, but the price is right... But I thought I'd share if you are of the mind to get a gift for yourself/boat this Christmas.
Enjoy the wet box picture.
What simrad says about it:
http://www.simrad-yachting.com/en-US/Pr ... en-us.aspx
Sorry I'm excited, this is the most electronics I've ever had for a boat, and they will all talk to one another.
