Investigate the Garmin Gwind transducer and Gnd 10 black box bridge.  At
$600 it will provide NMEA 2000 wind data for you.

It's a descendant of the Nexus instruments.  My 22 year old Nexus
instruments still work well for me.  I use a Noland NMEA 0183 multiplexer
to interface my Nexus instruments to my Simrad WP30 wheelpilot.  Steers to
wind well.  I've been contemplating snagging a used Garmin black box bridge
off eBay.  Routinely see them for $100.

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Dennis C.
Touche' 35-1 #83
Mandeville, LA

On Tue, Sep 21, 2021 at 1:00 PM Marek Dziedzic via CnC-List <
cnc-list@cnc-list.com> wrote:

> Hi,
>
>
>
> I am starting to think about adding the wind instrument to the boat. The
> main reason is for being able to feed the data (wind direction) to the
> EV-100 autopilot.
>
>
>
> I have a SeatalkNG network on the boat. I don’t have a Raymarine MFC,
> though (I have a small Garmin chartplotter, instead).
>
>
>
> I am a minimalist (you could say “cheap”), so e.g., I don’t have a Navpod
> on the binnacle; rather I have two individual RAM mount pods (for the
> chartplotter and one for the p70s (the autopilot control head).
>
>
>
> I unstep the mast for every winter, so I am biased towards a wireless unit.
>
>
>
> I have a few questions:
>
>
>
> - Any recommendations for the wind instrument (Raymarine, Garmin, B&G)? My
> first choice would be a unit that talks NMEA 2000 (SeatalkNG) (as opposed
> to an analog unit that requires an extra device (iTC-5?) to connect. But
> this is mainly to control the costs.
>
>
>
> - With limited space at the helm, what is the minimum requirement to feed
> the wind data to the EV-100 autopilot? I don’t think I need the detailed
> wind angle displayed, as long as the AP can follow. Though I could put the
> wind display somewhere else (on the bulkhead?). But if that display is not
> required AND I could save the cost by not including it, I might be fine
> with that.
>
>
>
> - Any strong recommendations against the wireless?
>
>
>
> - Any other suggestions or recommendations?
>
>
>
> Thanks
>
>
>
> Marek
>
>
>
> 1994 C270 ”Legato”
>
> Ottawa, ON
>
>
>
>
> Thanks to all of the subscribers that contributed to the list to help with
> the costs involved.  If you want to show your support to the list - use
> PayPal to send contribution --   https://www.paypal.me/stumurray  Thanks
> - Stu



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Dennis C.
Touche' 35-1 #83
Mandeville, LA
Thanks to all of the subscribers that contributed to the list to help with the 
costs involved.  If you want to show your support to the list - use PayPal to 
send contribution --   https://www.paypal.me/stumurray  Thanks - Stu

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