"HK" wrote in message
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Short Wave Sportfishing wrote:
On Sun, 24 Jun 2007 17:05:29 -0400, HK wrote:

Hell, I'm not even sure what color adds on a fishfinder.

In today's market, everthing is pretty much DSP and you get much
better definition. Color allows you to "see" a little better if you
will - you can detail debris vs fish for example just by looking at
the size and density as represented by the colors. That's not the
case with grayscale displays.

When I switched, it made a big difference.


Not for me. I have a Furuno color fishfinder on Yo Ho in the cabin, and a
grayscale Lowrance out on the second steering station in the cockpit.
Visually I prefer the latter. Shows bottom structure to me a bit better.


That's another decision for me. I had planned on installing a modestly
priced depth guage on my Sandpiper 565... but some of the other owners have
had good luck with a Hummingbird fish finder. I'll see what's available
with an in-hull transducer.

Now a compass... I was looking for a suitable bulkhead installed Ritchie...
but my favourite marine store has the Plastimo mini-Contest on sale at
$40.00 off.
I see it comes with a 5 year warranty.. so I may take advantage of this
sale.
http://ca.binnacle.com/product_info....roducts_id=129