April 13, 2011 05:06
...or should that be 'hull' up? 
Hey guys, I'm new here. My father's just completed on our first yacht, and we're having to get some things on it this weekend.
He's seen the light with the iPad and wants to install a system compatible, but of course we need to start at the beginning. The boat currently has no wind detector, or depth sounder - and at least the latter will be required for our first sail (we're moving to a marina that's a little, well, worrying to get to without one!)
I've been having a look around and I'm not sure what I'm looking for. What I want is a transducer/panel (multifunction pref) combo that we can stick in the boat straight away, but one that'll be compatible with iPad solutions (NMEA compatible I guess?)...
...and I'm just not sure how to begin.
Any help would be much appreciated, even just for starting out with the depth sounder solution, so we know we're not buying something that'll be useless to us in two months!
Thanks
Hey guys, I'm new here. My father's just completed on our first yacht, and we're having to get some things on it this weekend.
He's seen the light with the iPad and wants to install a system compatible, but of course we need to start at the beginning. The boat currently has no wind detector, or depth sounder - and at least the latter will be required for our first sail (we're moving to a marina that's a little, well, worrying to get to without one!)
I've been having a look around and I'm not sure what I'm looking for. What I want is a transducer/panel (multifunction pref) combo that we can stick in the boat straight away, but one that'll be compatible with iPad solutions (NMEA compatible I guess?)...
...and I'm just not sure how to begin.
Any help would be much appreciated, even just for starting out with the depth sounder solution, so we know we're not buying something that'll be useless to us in two months!
Thanks