Persistence came with B&G H1000 instruments. Wind, Speed and depth. They were functioning.
However. The displays were losing what I call raster lines and were dim and difficult to read at night unless looking straight on. I wished to purchase newer displays. With B&G the newer models are not compatible with the older ones. This seems to be a common thread with B&G and on top of that they are expensive. We use Raymarine on the boat we typically race (a C&C 115). They work very well with the only issue being the wiring clips on the backs of the instruments which need replacing frequently. The same Raymarine instruments are on our friends C&C 99 on which we frequently sail. Again they worked flawlessly. On our previous boat the J27 Nut Case we also had Raymarine (actually one of the instruments was Raytheon). ST60 on all of the boats. Previous to that we had ST40 on our Niagara 26 – both the bidata and the wind. In all cases the instruments were robust, easy to read and easy to use. The instruments that I refer to are the Speed, Depth and wind. On Persistence we have also the Raymarine ST6002 autopilot. All work very well and there is a nice level of crossover support between the Raymarine products of different years. Not so much with B&G We decided to replace the B&G Speed depth and wind with Raymarine i50 & i60. Again they are easy to use and easy to read. I liked the robust look and feel of the ST60 series better particularly how they screw on to bulkhead or instrument cluster. This is IMO a major FAIL on the newer Raymarine but that is the only one. The B&G that these replaced is now on a C&C 33-2. Literally on a shelf in a box I believe. I am sure that Greg reads this list so he may chime in at some point These are only my opinions. Raymarine to me is great. B&G more expensive and less compatible across model lines and model years Mike Persistence Halifax From: CnC-List [mailto:cnc-list-boun...@cnc-list.com] On Behalf Of Dennis C. via CnC-List Sent: Friday, May 29, 2015 1:12 PM To: CnClist Cc: Dennis C. Subject: Re: Stus-List New instruments? I've installed B&G on a couple boats and they seem to work fine. I have Nexus (NX2) instruments on Touche' and love them. I like the easily customized multidisplays. Dennis C. Touche' 35-1 #83 Mandeville, LA On Fri, May 29, 2015 at 8:56 AM, Patrick Davin via CnC-List <cnc-list@cnc-list.com<mailto:cnc-list@cnc-list.com>> wrote: This thread is a couple months old, but I'm looking into new instruments now too. Mainly a new speed display + transducer. Eventually adding a wind instrument and maybe replacing the depth (old but still working). Anyone have experience with B&G? I was considering a Raymarine i70 but now am looking at the B&G Triton T41. For my needs I prefer one multi-function screen that can connect to speed, depth and wind. I'm leaning away from Raymarine now because their incompatible network versions and mismash of products seems terribly confusing. I called Raymarine tech support yesterday and even the support guy had his facts all wrong. He told me an i70 is a repeater only, and requires separate i50 display instruments for each sensor you want to network in. But based on other people I talked to and info on the web, it looks like that is incorrect and an i70 could be networked directly with a modern digital transducer (what Raymarine calls "smart transducers"). He also told me a triducer is a bundled package of two separate thruhulls. So, B&G yay or nay? -Patrick C&C 38 LF "Violet Hour" Seattle, WA
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