I'm excited!
Submitted by randall df223 on Wed, 2014-07-30 20:03
Put the 50th birthday present on lay by ready for pick up September.
Went for a Simrad NSS7 Sport sounder / plotter combo, a 50/200 transducer and a Navionics Gold Card (Aus).
Can't wait to try it out come september. Watch this space for screen shots of the first fish I find.... Most probably the whiting as we leave the Harbour!!! Baha haha!
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Fish! HARD!
Juneka
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Hey randall, be sure to give detailed report! I am interested in getting one of these! No wonder you're excited! Happy Birthday too! Go Freo!
Save the Whales! May as well - they won't fit in my catch bag!!!
roddo
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You will love it randall I
You will love it randall I have the 8 and must say it is one of the most user friendly plotters I have used.
randall df223
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Fish! HARD!
randall df223
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It's here!
Waypoints loaded, transducer, wiring and mounting bracket installed and here are some photos of the unit in simulator mode almost facing directly into the sun.
https://http://imagizer.imageshack.com/img904/2354/72Zs7G.jpg
https://http://imagizer.imageshack.com/img913/2913/NznRlr.jpg
https://http://imagizer.imageshack.com/img673/4199/qE1Bfo.jpg
https://http://imagizer.imageshack.com/img539/6131/9Si1IU.jpg
But now I have to let the wife wrap it up for my birthday....
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randall df223
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Don't think those links are
Don't think those links are working....
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randall df223
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try
try again
https://imageshack.com/i/p472Zs7Gj
https://imageshack.com/i/pdNznRlrj
https://imageshack.com/i/ipqE1Bfoj
https://imageshack.com/i/ez9Si1IUj
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Not enough room near
Not enough room near steering wheel? Hope it's not too much of a pain reaching across as I found with mine, lucky for me I only used double sided tape for the trial run the decided it had to go in front of me for ease of use. Looks like a solid unit with a good size screen let the fun begin
randall df223
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yeah I think it is too big
yeah I think it is too big for the helmsman's side. and this unit is so user friendly, its about time my deckies start to get familiar with these things!
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randall df223
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I tend to stand a lot when
I tend to stand a lot when driving anyway and more often than not I find myself moving to the middle to balance for others moving from side to side....
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Willlo
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Looks the goods
Looks the goods Randall,stuff letting the deckies use it tho unless you use the same deckies all the time.
i think you would be better of with it in front of your wheel if it will fit,much easier to zoom in when approaching yor mark.
I run 2 seperate units with the sounder (Furuno 585) on the port side so all crew can see it whist on the drift and the gps (lowrance HD 5) in front of the wheel ,dont see any reason for the deckies to see it,it is much more user friendly in that spot ,you will find.
Tight Lines
Willo
p.s you will have to train your deckies to read the play re balancing the boat, i let newbies know this before we head out along with a general safety run down.
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