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to clean. The autopilot allows me to leave the helm for moments to attend to

sails or rigging, or just for a break. It follows a course dependent on

apparent wind heading, compass direction or even waypoint direction. The

remote allows me to control it if I leave the helm area. The instruments give

me more information than I can use like water temperature and trip logs in

nautical miles. The system is reliable. However....

Three recognized Shortfalls of the 2001 system:

1. Charts and their display: the distinction between MacENC chartplotter

software ($180 as of 2012)

using raster NOAA full color

charts (free) at the

navstation computer with a

15” screen and the black &

white 7” display at the helm

with really awful vector

charts is horrible. The only

thing I miss in MacENC at the

navstation is tide flow arrows

that were available on the

! Cap’n software ($450 as of 2012) that I used

! ! ! ! when it was available for Macs.

2. Collision Avoidance in Fog (we sail on the San Francisco Bay):

a). I have radar and I have spent some time practicing with it. I find it too

complex to remember how to set optimally and just way too hard to

interpret, a ‘feature’ I do not need in any stressful situation. It is almost

useless to me without serious monthly practice in differing weather

conditions. In place of this I want my chart display to have all the

Upgrading Raymarine navigation system and autopilot

from 2001 originals to current 2012

The old chart display

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