Hi, One of the guys here at work is selling his dusky center console and he sent me the link to his craigslist add. He actually has a SiTex Fish finder on board. So I asked how he liked it. He said "Love it. Works perfect."
So, there's another positive review of SiTex anyway... Danny Lolita 1973 Viking 33 Wesport Point, MA ---------- Original Message ---------- From: Bob Moriarty <bobmo...@gmail.com> To: "djhaug...@juno.com" <djhaug...@juno.com> Subject: Re: Stus-List chartplotter/radar Date: Mon, 1 Oct 2012 17:46:45 -0400 Hi Danny, Thanks for the info and updates. I am very interested to hear how you like your new chartplotter. I'm also curious to know what the "bracket connector" on the back looks like. I'm trying to hold my chartplotter-fever in check but will probably succumb before Christmas. :-) Cheers, Bob M Ox 33-1 Jax, FL On Sat, Sep 29, 2012 at 8:53 AM, djhaug...@juno.com <djhaug...@juno.com> wrote: > Hi Bob, > > I thought I would write off list about this as I've belabored it on the list. > LOL > > After a couple of weeks of research and obsessing, I went with the EC7IF. I > just ordered it last night for $619 delivered from GETFEETWET.com > > From what I gathered in my research, all the negative comments came from > people that did not own any sitex equipment. It seemed any that actually > owned the equipment were very satisfied with it. It also seemed that the > negative comments came as justification as to why the commentor bought brand > G or R or whatever at a pretty high premium. I could find virtually no > negative comments from people that actually bought the product and were > regretting it. As for customer service, I called sitex and got a rep on the > phone who spent 20 minutes with me answering my questions and concerns quite > honestly. So it doesn't have wif, or blutooth or a touch screen but. I > think I can wait on those things. I did find a thread on thehulltruth about > sitex and those that chimed in that owned the equipment were very happy with > the quality and the service. I also called the GPS Store and they assured me > EC7if was a fine unit and I would be happy with it. Especially given the > savings and the C-Map Max card. I figured it was worth the gamble to save > all those hundreds of dollars. > > As far as the octopus, I can't say too much. I did spend a great deal of > time researching autopilots and I did run across the octopus. I can't really > remember why I didn't buy one and instead went for the raymarine. I'm wiling > to bet it was a good sale on a name brand though. I can't remember too much > info on the octopus other than I found it interesting. > > I have not installed the autopilot yet as so many other projects popped up > this year but I will be installing it over the winter, maybe even before this > season ends. > > Danny > > > ---------- Original Message ---------- > From: Bob Moriarty <bobmo...@gmail.com> > To: cnc-list@cnc-list.com > Subject: Re: Stus-List chartplotter/radar > Date: Fri, 28 Sep 2012 17:56:42 -0400 > > The SiTex EC7 seems like a good value. > I have neither a chartplotter nor an autopilot on Ox (33-1). > Would anyone know if some sort of extra component (an "autopilot > junction box"?) would be needed to connect the SiTex chartplotter to > an Octopus RS Sailboat Drive unit? > > SiTex Installation manual - see page 107 > http://www.si-tex.com/product_manuals/EC-Plotters.pdf > > Octopus installation manual - see page 19: > http://www.octopusmarine.ca/content/products-and-services/mechanical-drive-units.htm > > Also, it would be nice to setup a camera on the bow rail or masthead, > gimballed(?) in some way to always point at the leeward forward > quarter so you could see what's behind your headsail via the > chartplotter's video display. > > Happy Friday > Bob M > Ox 33-1 > Jax, FL > > On Tue, Sep 25, 2012 at 3:15 PM, djhaug...@juno.com <djhaug...@juno.com> > wrote: >> Okay, >> >> I found another 7" plotter. It isn't touch screen but is $640 with a C-Map >> Max charts right in the box! >> >> http://www.thegpsstore.com/Sitex-EC7-GPS-Chartplotter-P2357.aspx >> >> That seems incredibly inexpensive from a company that has been around a >> while. >> >> Danny >> > > _______________________________________________ > This List is provided by the C&C Photo Album > http://www.cncphotoalbum.com > CnC-List@cnc-list.com > > _______________________________________________ This List is provided by the C&C Photo Album http://www.cncphotoalbum.com CnC-List@cnc-list.com
