Wow! I'm very verbal tonight! We started our cruise with a Furano on a
tripod on the stern. By the time we got to San Diego from San Francisco we
decided that the tripod had to go. We moved it to the mast in San Diego. We
couldn't take the mast down so we pop-riveted cable clamps to the mast and
ran the cable through a deck fitting from West Marine designed for
electronics. It worked great. A word on radar. Judy used to work for West
Marine. When people would tell her they didn't need radar because their GPS
had a way point that would put them right below the middle of the Golden
Gate bridge she would reply, yes but it won't show the ship coming right at
you from the other side of the bridge in the San Fancisco fog! On makes of
radar. A friend once told me, Walt, if you want to know what kind of radar
to get, go to a fishing harbor. Look on the commercial fish boats and see
what they are using. And to save you time I'll tell you that what you will
see are Furano radars. The guy who told me this worked for Raytheon
installing radars on ships. I spoke with one fellow who loveded his JVC and
another who hated his. I've also spoke with a lot of people with Furanos. We
All Love Our Radars! They costs a bit more. They are worth it.
Walt, S/V Lyric #120
tripod on the stern. By the time we got to San Diego from San Francisco we
decided that the tripod had to go. We moved it to the mast in San Diego. We
couldn't take the mast down so we pop-riveted cable clamps to the mast and
ran the cable through a deck fitting from West Marine designed for
electronics. It worked great. A word on radar. Judy used to work for West
Marine. When people would tell her they didn't need radar because their GPS
had a way point that would put them right below the middle of the Golden
Gate bridge she would reply, yes but it won't show the ship coming right at
you from the other side of the bridge in the San Fancisco fog! On makes of
radar. A friend once told me, Walt, if you want to know what kind of radar
to get, go to a fishing harbor. Look on the commercial fish boats and see
what they are using. And to save you time I'll tell you that what you will
see are Furano radars. The guy who told me this worked for Raytheon
installing radars on ships. I spoke with one fellow who loveded his JVC and
another who hated his. I've also spoke with a lot of people with Furanos. We
All Love Our Radars! They costs a bit more. They are worth it.
Walt, S/V Lyric #120