Sorry, I share Larry's opinion of Raymarine. I saw them replace THREE 4
KW open arrays on my pier alone because they were full of water. The
installer told me they were replacing them all over the area due to a
design fault. Because of this, I bought a Raymarine with a 4KW dome. I
had a good experience with an older Raytheon radar system so I was
trying to stick with them. While out on a trip, it just quit working.
To make a long story short, the guys sent in the dome and display for
repair under warranty. It took something like 8 weeks for it to be
returned, and it still didn't work! Turned out to be a "bad" cable.
Have no idea why it went bad... no punctures, breaks, etc. Good thing I
wasn't out full time cruising at the time. 8 week turnaround at the
Raymarine shop tells me that A. They don't have enough people working
the B. Way too many of their units are coming back for repair, or C.
Both of the above. Ever since I've warned folks away from Raymarine and
suggested Furuno. I've never seen or heard of problems with Furuno like
I've seen with Raymarine. I guess they're just going cheap after
spinning the company off.