HM		| "I wish to die peacefully in my sleep at sea
50 35.5 N	|  like my grandfather did, not screaming and
127 05.4 W	|  in terror like his crew ..."

Mike946@aol.com wrote: > > With the delivery of "Number One" about10 weeks away, I'm agonizing over the > various available equipment & systems for the Pilothouse electronics. the Raytheon gear consisting of the new 4kW/48mi. "Pathfinder" radar > interfaced with their "Raychart 601" chartplotter w/ 112 sensor (uses the > radar display), > very much appreciate some objective pros & cons about this and/or any orience with! I'm no rocket scientist and am looking for simplicity and > user-friendliness (the "KISS" approach). > > Mike F. - Mike; just some opinions; Although Raytheon equipment is well built and has a reasonable reputation I personally would stay away from the RayChart 601; we have a number of small vessels using this unit in conjunction with R10XX radars and Raytheon GPS sensors and have had many interface problems, usually with the GPS NMEA sentences being 'lost' when the RayChart is in circuit. I personally would go with the radar and GPS but interface to a laptop running 'NavTrek' or 'The Cap'n' software and BSB charts. Whatever you decide - Good Sailing! ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ HM | "I wish to die peacefully in my sleep at sea 50 35.5 N | like my grandfather did, not screaming and 127 05.4 W | in terror like his crew ..." ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~