Raymarine Hybrid touch Chartplotter

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Last week I was at the NE Boat show in Boston (not very impressive - but that's another topic) and I was looking at the new Rayamrine chartplotters with touch screen. It seemed like a cool upgrade to my boat, and then I found out that I would have to upgrade my radar as well to digital. A $3000 project suddenly turned into $6-7K ! Does anyone have these products? Do you like them? Are they worth the upgrade? I think not but I would love to hear what others think

JHC
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JMHO, But, last year I though about doing the same thing, updating my electronics. Like you said, if I did one thing I'd have to do it all. Then sanity set in. What I have works perfectly well, suites my needs and then some. So, why spend $7-$8 G's just so I can have the latest gadgets.

So, I kept what I had and am damn glad I did.

Bob
 
I have the e-series 120 and 90, not the brand new model the 2010 stuff (it's hybrid-touch). I must say the hd radar is sure nice to have after being in a few narrow situations where navigation is instrument-only. I got the setup with the boat so hard to say if it's a worthwhile upgrade...actually I will take that back. If your operating late 80's or so equipment and plan on putting yourself in some tight situations in the fog or at night the radar upgrade is well worthwhile.

Tim
 
I ve never used digital radar but have do a lot of new england pea soup running every year and the standard Furuno is fine.

One thing which I find very appealing is the new Ray MFD with built in wifi and IOS app. Now, that s a gadget I see used for
 
I purchased the new Raymarine E7 hybrid chartplotter. Did a lot of research into the available choices suitable for my boat, loved the new technology, and compatibility with the iPad. I'm looking forward to using it when our season starts, which unfortunately isnt until May. Can't offer any comparisons, because this will be my first plotter, using paper charts only 'til now. And I liked the flexibility to add more stuff later.
 
My brother-in-law got a RayMarine touch screen chart plotter (I don't recall the model) on his new boat (37ft Formula) last year - when moving at a decent clip with a little chop, getting your finger to hit the right spot on the screen proved tough (quite comical actually), reverting back to the regular buttons worked a bit easier.
 
Interesting....especialy about the chop ! I think I will hold on for now and wait for the prices to drop more in a year or two. With the price of fuel going up and up....maybe I will not be going out so much ! lol Yeah....that's right !
 
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Originally posted by jhc109

Last week I was at the NE Boat show in Boston (not very impressive - but that's another topic) and I was looking at the new Rayamrine chartplotters with touch screen. It seemed like a cool upgrade to my boat, and then I found out that I would have to upgrade my radar as well to digital. A $3000 project suddenly turned into $6-7K ! Does anyone have these products? Do you like them? Are they worth the upgrade? I think not but I would love to hear what others think

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When I upgraded electronics two years ago I could either keep my existing radar/display, or get a new radar so returns could be overlayed on the new MFD (chartplotter, et al).

Since I wanted to retain the dedicated radar display anyway, I just kept the old one, and all the new stuff runs nicely alongside... and that would have been the case with all the brands of stuff I looked at.

IOW, I only would need a new radar if I was hard over on combining display output. As it turns out, I've also been able to feed some data from the new systems to thh old radar anyway, using the older NMEA 0183 language.

-Chris
 
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