[C38] Wind Instruments. Industry changing

[PAUL NOTTE]

And I might add they advertize in west coast magazines  secret let the phone ring till it's answered
  Paul

----- Original Message -----
From: "D. R. Strong" <drstrong at ucdavis.edu>
Date: Friday, May 28, 2010 7:30 am
Subject: Re: [C38] Wind Instruments. Industry changing
To: Catalina 38 Listserve <listserve at catalina38.org>

> 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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