Looking for plotter
Submitted by Silver Fox on Mon, 2017-10-09 07:51
Good day to you all. My Trimaran project is fast coming to an end ( whooo hoo ) . What I'm looking for now is a plotter sounder combo to give me a nice navigation platform , not overly worried about sounder capabilities general depth is all I really need . Yet a half decent plotter would be nice. I'd like to spend about 1 k on said outfit ( card included) . Any ideas ? Raymarine Dragonfly 7 looks pretty good , yet I'm not too sure if I'm needing that sort of sounder for a cruising Trimaran . Another option is to remove my Navman Trackfish 6600 from my centre console , use that for trimaran and upgrade for the fishing mobile. Ta
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Jackfrost80
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Can't go past a Lowrance HDS
Can't go past a Lowrance HDS mate. Bluebottle Fishing have the HDS7 Gen3 with tranducer for $1199
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gruntre69
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Have a look at the Raymarine
Have a look at the Raymarine Axiom
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MyDisco2
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Date Joined: 28/06/17
Garmin echomap 75sv
Hi Silver Fox, I have never used the Garmin before but have heard good things about them. I just notice that All Boats have them on special for $999 down from $1399 on their facebook page so it fits your price range ($1399 seems to be standard retail everywhere)
My current boat has the HDS touch units which are good, but have bought Raymarine Axiom for the new boat.
Cheers,
Disco.
Curndog
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Good unit
i would go with the 75sv for that price
MyDisco2
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Good Price??
Yeah with Chirp, Side Vision , transducer and AU / NZ Bluechart G2 Charts, seems cheap doesnt it?
Cheers,
Disco
Silver Fox
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Thanks guys
Thanks for the feedback. Will check em out
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Stevo81
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If you don't need a sounder
If you don't need a sounder Lowrance HDS with the best Navionics chart card is hard to beat
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Silver Fox
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Needs to have a sounder
Gotta have sounder capabilities , Trimaran will become number one fishing and free diving platform . Navionics on iPhone/ iPad is a good backup though ( never leave the pen without em) Raymarine Axiom is looking likely to be the winner though. Damn there's some sweet , sweet gear around these days! . What's it going to be like in five years time???
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