[C38] wind inst (alden)

alden Andre alden at clifforddevelopmentgroup.com
Fri May 28 12:18:44 EDT 2010


Charles , I have Raymarine on my boat and have been very pleased. In
regards to FLIR buying Raymarine that is a good thing. I have been
involved with FLIR(they are a Portland Oregon Company) in the aviation
business. They are a strong company and bring a lot to the table with
Raymarine both technology and deep pockets.

Alden

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Message: 1
Date: Fri, 28 May 2010 10:06:23 -0400
From: "Charles B. Finn" <charles at finn.ws>
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Subject: [C38] Wind Instruments
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A few years back, I decided to go with Navman for my upgrade from 
Signet....  What a mistake!  Navman was sold and merged into Northstar, 
which has discontinued the line and offers absolutely no support!
The problem is the LCD display fades erratically.  I have taken the unit

apart and it appears the connection is "glued" to the motherboard, which

is bizarre to say the least!
I could have gone with other brands such as Datamarine or Raymarine, but

I had problems with those folks regarding maintenance on other boats I 
have owned...
Now there is a rumor that Raymarine is in trouble...  They were sold to 
Flir Systems (a thermal imaging company) in May for pennies on the 
dollar.  Maybe that is a good thing, but I went down this road with 
Navman...

Has anyone done some research lately on instruments?  If so, what would 
you recommend?

Regards,
Chuck Finn
Mighty Quinn  #114
Great Lakes




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Date: Fri, 28 May 2010 07:12:47 -0700
From: "Larry Malmberg" <larrypi at linkline.com>
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Subject: Re: [C38] Wind Instruments
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B&G seems to be popular in the racing circuit.




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[mailto:listserve-bounces at catalina38.org] On Behalf Of Charles B. Finn
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Subject: [C38] Wind Instruments

A few years back, I decided to go with Navman for my upgrade from
Signet....
What a mistake!  Navman was sold and merged into Northstar, which has
discontinued the line and offers absolutely no support!
The problem is the LCD display fades erratically.  I have taken the unit
apart and it appears the connection is "glued" to the motherboard, which
is
bizarre to say the least!
I could have gone with other brands such as Datamarine or Raymarine, but
I
had problems with those folks regarding maintenance on other boats I
have
owned...
Now there is a rumor that Raymarine is in trouble...  They were sold to
Flir
Systems (a thermal imaging company) in May for pennies on the dollar.
Maybe
that is a good thing, but I went down this road with Navman...

Has anyone done some research lately on instruments?  If so, what would
you
recommend?

Regards,
Chuck Finn
Mighty Quinn  #114
Great Lakes


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Message: 3
Date: Fri, 28 May 2010 07:30:10 -0700
From: "D. R. Strong" <drstrong at ucdavis.edu>
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Subject: Re: [C38] Wind Instruments. Industry changing
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Charles:
    Your story is consistent with the evolution of the marine 
electronics industry as related to me by a sailing buddy, who was a high

exec at Magellan. Magellan was bought by Thales, a French Aerospace 
firm, which changed its name to Magellan, partly but not totally, then 
gobbled up other companies and was partly consumed by yet other 
companies etc etc.( http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thales_Navigation). A  
few years ago, I could get no service or help for my old Magellan GPS, 
and I gave it away.  Now  I see that I can buy it back, from a company 
called Magellan 
(http://www.magellangps.com/products/product.asp?segid=591).
    Last time my original, 30 year old Signet wind gauge malfunctioned, 
I called the company.  Their engineers talked and talked to me on the 
phone from the offices in Redondo Beach CA. They were extremely helpful.

I sent my depth sounder, speedo, log  and my wind instrument to them and

received back refurbished, like-new devices, which have worked very well

for the past 5 years. A Google search suggests that they are still in 
Redondo Beach.
Don

Charles B. Finn wrote:
> A few years back, I decided to go with Navman for my upgrade from 
> Signet....  What a mistake!  Navman was sold and merged into 
> Northstar, which has discontinued the line and offers absolutely no 
> support!
> The problem is the LCD display fades erratically.  I have taken the 
> unit apart and it appears the connection is "glued" to the 
> motherboard, which is bizarre to say the least!
> I could have gone with other brands such as Datamarine or Raymarine, 
> but I had problems with those folks regarding maintenance on other 
> boats I have owned...
> Now there is a rumor that Raymarine is in trouble...  They were sold 
> to Flir Systems (a thermal imaging company) in May for pennies on the 
> dollar.  Maybe that is a good thing, but I went down this road with 
> Navman...
>
> Has anyone done some research lately on instruments?  If so, what 
> would you recommend?
>
> Regards,
> Chuck Finn
> Mighty Quinn  #114
> Great Lakes
>
>
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-- 
Donald R. Strong
Professor
Section of Evolution and Ecology
University of California Davis
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