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Here is one option… I don’t know if they work with a Westerbeke or not.
Maretron EMS100
http://www.maretron.com/products/ems100.php $400 at DefenderI am sure the other manufacturers have something too, but I can’t find it.
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Cruzpro makes a full line of NMEA 0183 instruments: http://www.cruzpro.com/products.html#HEADINGC
Not everyone has NMEA 2000 gear yet.
Bob
On Wed, Sep 16, 2009 at 2:11 PM, Patrick Walters < ([email][/email])> wrote:
Here is one option… I don't know if they work with a Westerbeke or not.
Maretron EMS100
http://www.maretron.com/products/ems100.php $400 at Defender
I am sure the other manufacturers have something too, but I can't find it.
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0183 was never really followed strictly as a standard both at the protocol or the hardware level, so I’m not going to introduce any of it into my system.
Everyone will have their NMEA 2000 gear out shortly…-p
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Patrick,
Just to maintain my curmudgeon standing, I remember the so-called experts saying, “Everyone will have their NMEA 2000 gear out shortly”, but that was in 2002!
On Wed, Sep 16, 2009 at 3:21 PM, Patrick Walters < ([email][/email])> wrote:
Quote:0183 was never really followed strictly as a standard both at the protocol or the hardware level, so I'm not going to introduce any of it into my system.
Everyone will have their NMEA 2000 gear out shortly…
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OK, by everyone I mean… enough to build a system. That’s critical mass has now been reached.
I did email cruzpro to ask when they were going to have their NMEA 2000 gear out. I’ll let you know if I hear anything.-p
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Patrick:
My boat has never had any electronics on her (the PO knew the islands like the proverbial back of his hand). Since I am starting with a blank slate, I have been seriously considering the wireless/solar tacktick system.
As the fleet’s designated byte chaser, do you have any thoughts?
Dan kalinowski
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Problem is, will I replace my radar? Or my chart plotter? Or my expensive VHF just for 2000? They all work together just fine. Frankly, the installed base of 0183 is huge and probably not as willing to upgrade.
Bob
On Wed, Sep 16, 2009 at 3:35 PM, Patrick Walters < ([email][/email])> wrote:
Quote:OK, by everyone I mean… enough to build a system. That's critical mass has now been reached.
I did email cruzpro to ask when they were going to have their NMEA 2000 gear out. I'll let you know if I hear anything.
-p
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Hi Dan,
This is my thought – as I researched the instruments when I bought them (Raymarine, as it turns out, but wish I had Garmin now). My boat originally came with defunct Datamarines.
The Tick-Tack instruments are fine for smaller boats raced or day sailed. They don't stand up (I've heard) and they get flaky when the sensors are far away from the head.
Realize that's just my two cents, I'd sure love a robust solar powered system that could run my autopilot!
Incidentally, if you do have an autopilot that can be controlled via NMEA or SeaTalk, then the power it draws makes the instrument draw negligible. My instruments (Chart Plotter, Speed, Depth, Wind, Sirius Weather thingy, and autopilot in standby) draw less than 2.2 amps. Autopilot engaged: 6-7 amps (still not a killer, but a pretty big load).
Where batteries and engines and solar panels aren't available, Tick-Tacks make good sense.
Incidentally, hopefully by the end of this week I will have a functioning shaft driven alternator of 37 amps peak. It will bolt to the V-drive and will use a split pulley and a variable length V-belt.
I'm excited! Pictures and everything on http://thesailinglife.blogspot.com (pictures here).
At 5 knots I expect to power the instruments, autopilot, and refrigerator and watermaker (about 12 amps).
We'll see.
Bob
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My thought on wireless instruments is the same as I feel about wireless networking. They are great when you can’t run a wire, when you can run a wire you going to get a more reliable connection with less interference and data dropping.
If you have perfect rigging and want to install everything from a bosun’s chair then TackTick might be a good mid-term option. If you’re going to have the rig down I’d run the wire.-p
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I don’t have any of those worth keeping. I stand corrected on one thing. I will need an 0183 converter to hook to my ICOM VHF. I actually feel bad about that, but I had no VHF and that wasn’t OK with me and I’m kind of an ICOM bigot so I bought ICOM.
The 0183 converter for the ICOM is on my maretron drawings.-p
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I totally agree with Patrick. Wired. And you really can do it from the masthead very easily (at least with 'Mast Mate'). I ran my new wind instrument stuff in about 10 minutes once I was up there and I had someone in the bilge pulling the wire down. I used the old instrument wire as a tape. You can do it with a string and a bolt. Works like a charm. Or you could pull the mast.
Bob
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When wiring your mast, don’t forget to lace in a steel support cable with your wire bundle. Wire doesn’t like to be suspended for long distances. The weight of the harness will otherwise stretch your wires over time until failure.
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Rich
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