Sitek had a nice display at the Annapolis boat show. I stopped and played with the 7 inch plotter for a couple minutes. Seems like a nice unit. Danny, hope you like it.
Joel On Tuesday, October 2, 2012, Rich Knowles wrote: > Danny: no one is crapping on Sitex. They have been around for years and > play a big role on the fishing industry. My take is that their equipment > has not been developed as finely as the pleasure boat industry has become > used to. Bells and whistles are not as abundant. > > Rich Knowles > Indigo. LF38 > Halifax > > On 2012-10-02, at 13:11, "djhaug...@juno.com" <djhaug...@juno.com> wrote: > > > 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.octopusma<http://www.octopusmarine.ca/content/products-and-services/mechanical-drive-units.htm> -- Joel 301 541 8551
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