Patrick - Time for a little point/counter point on Raymarine. I'm not a fan.
I have Raymarine, B&G and Garmin. I'd go B&G first, nexus/garmin second. B&G's new equipment is N2K and price competitive. Check out the Simrad side of the product line for differences in features/functions that meet your needs. B&G works very well with Garmin (My experience; Raymarine not so much) and is slightly more sailing oriented, which is the only edge over Garmin. Garmin's support is very good. I've never had to call tech support for B&G, so I have no input there. If you intend to install Raymarine and only Raymarine, knock yourself out. Having a Certified Installation guru on this list is a huge help and he's generous with his time. Without him you're back to whomever you get at Ray Tech Support. Having been in the trenches with those guys on communication issues, you won't get far. good luck. Stus-List New instruments? 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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