For me: compass and paper charts, dividers and parallel rule always on board as well as clock and barometer
1. VHF (safety for me and monitoring channel 16 always while underway to lend a hand to others if needed) 2. depth 3. gps chart plotter 4. boat speed 5. radar.we get a lot of fog offshore around here and it moves in quickly sometimes 6. wind instruments 7. autopilot 8. handheld gps with proper charts installed for backup 9. stereo ( but not while sailing) The chart plotter ranks higher for me because I and all new sailors I take on board like to know where they are on the water most of the time.it also gives SOG and exact lat / long location and Rosalie became very comfortable with steering once she had a chart plotter in front of her.it does give recorded depths and she likes that. I think the rankings may depend on where you sail (traffic considerations and landmarks) and how far away from home water you go (unfamiliar waters I mean). _____ From: CnC-List [mailto:cnc-list-boun...@cnc-list.com] On Behalf Of Marek Dziedzic Sent: January 16, 2014 10:14 AM To: cnc-list@cnc-list.com Subject: Re: Stus-List Electronics - was Re: Setting GPS Waypoints I would say Speed first. It gives you enough that you can navigate (assuming that you have a compass (and a watch)). I would drop Stereo from this list (we never have it on; I like the sound of sailing - I hope this does not open a can of worms) I would put a GPS ahead of the autopilot, probably, mainly, because of the costs associated. Marek > In order? > 1 Depth > 2 VHF > 3 Stereo >4 Autopilot > 4 GPS > 5 Plotter > 6 Speed > 7 wind > 8 radar or AIS, depending on area of use; offshore, I'm not sure that AIS > isn't the more valuable tool > 9 SSB
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