On 15 Apr 2007 07:44:01 -0700, "Chuck Gould"
wrote:

If the $500 "basic" setup is competitive with Nobeltec or Coastal
Navigator this company probably has a viable business plan. To spend
$5k, there would really have to be some special stuff in the upgrades.

They've been around for awhile and seem to be doing OK. Their primary
market is commercial fisherman and high end recreational.

With a boat like yours, with a fully enclosed pilot house, you should
have no PC reliability issues at all. Start off with a clean install
of fully patched Win2K or WinXP, and do *NOT* install anything else
that is not marine related. Most PC reliability issues stem from junk
software of one sort or another.