INTERPHASE PROBE

A total and complete waste of money at sea.
You will never pick up that object floating just under the
surface in time to take any avoiding action.
I used one of these on a voyage from Australia to Vanuatu and
return for this reason.
See www.bravado.com.au

It would have been better to spend the money elsewhere.

Cheers
Oliver Fleming


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Breakwater marine electronics.

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Keith
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"Bachelors should be heavily taxed. It is not fair that some
men should be
happier than others" - Oscar Wilde
"Wolf" wrote in message
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Who installed that "crap" on your boat?

Wolf
"Keith" wrote in message
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Yes, I did. I'm of the opinion that Raymarine is making
crap right now,
due
to increased demand for profits at the expense of
quality. I've seen
lots
of
their open arrays replaced due to bad design resulting in
water
intrusion.
Their warranty service department is swamped due to large
numbers of
units
being returned. My cable "went bad" for no reason... no
punctures, cuts,
etc. Matter of fact, the store I bought it from is
thinking of not
carrying
Raymarine any longer due to the high numbers of warranty
repairs they
are
having to do. They recommend Furuno now.

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Keith
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"The years thunder by. The dreams of youth grow dim where
they lie caked
in dust on the shelves of patience. Before we know it,
the tomb is
sealed..." - Sterling Hayden
"Tom Young" wrote in message
m...
Anyone have a definite thought on the differences
between a Raymarine
package and a Furuno package. I've got a new boat due
in shortly and
I have been really hung up on the reputation and
apparent quality
differences of the Furuno. But, I've got a
dealer/installer claiming
the Raymarine is everybit as good and what really
matters is the
quality of the installation and of course, his choice
of installers is
him. I'm going for a radar/plotter/depthsounder/
autopilot with a
couple of repeaters involved. (36' boat-upper and
lower stations.)

Anyone had a situation where they ordered the stuff
from someone like
"Marine Electronics" or some other big discounter and
had a FREELANCER
install all the stuff on your boat. What do the Mfg's
do about
warranty when a "non-Authorized" dealer/installer was
used. Isn't
most of this stuff "Plug and Play"?

Thanks for any help you can give....I'm sorta
bewildered at the
moment.




I appreciate everyone's comments on the Raymarine/Furuno
question...Now one mo Anyone out there had any experience
with an
INTERPHASE PROBE? It is a sonar capable of depicting the
bottom
either to the sides or in the case of the "Probe" from beneath
your
boat to the surface forward of your boat out to a distance
(they say)
of over a thousand feet.....Anyone know anything about these?
Thanks
again..

Interphase Probe has shown itself to be very useful when boating in Finnish
coastal water with a lot of rocky islands and not so many market routes. In
open sea with seabed deep I cannot see real benefit. I've had the unit for
about 6 years and I could not think being without it. My boat is a
displacement steel cruiser with normal 6 kn speed but going out of marked
routes naturally I'm running much slower. The updating time in Probe is
slow, but knowing how to use it, it is very useful.
Wallu
m/y Merikihu

"Tom Young" wrote in message
om...
"Keith" wrote in message
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Breakwater marine electronics.

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Keith
__
"Bachelors should be heavily taxed. It is not fair that some men should
be
happier than others" - Oscar Wilde
"Wolf" wrote in message
m...
Who installed that "crap" on your boat?

Wolf
"Keith" wrote in message
...
Yes, I did. I'm of the opinion that Raymarine is making crap right
now,
due
to increased demand for profits at the expense of quality. I've seen
lots
of
their open arrays replaced due to bad design resulting in water
intrusion.
Their warranty service department is swamped due to large numbers of
units
being returned. My cable "went bad" for no reason... no punctures,
cuts,
etc. Matter of fact, the store I bought it from is thinking of not
carrying
Raymarine any longer due to the high numbers of warranty repairs
they
are
having to do. They recommend Furuno now.

--


Keith
__
"The years thunder by. The dreams of youth grow dim where they lie
caked
in dust on the shelves of patience. Before we know it, the tomb is
sealed..." - Sterling Hayden
"Tom Young" wrote in message
m...
Anyone have a definite thought on the differences between a
Raymarine
package and a Furuno package. I've got a new boat due in shortly
and
I have been really hung up on the reputation and apparent quality
differences of the Furuno. But, I've got a dealer/installer
claiming
the Raymarine is everybit as good and what really matters is the
quality of the installation and of course, his choice of
installers is
him. I'm going for a radar/plotter/depthsounder/ autopilot with a
couple of repeaters involved. (36' boat-upper and lower
stations.)

Anyone had a situation where they ordered the stuff from someone
like
"Marine Electronics" or some other big discounter and had a
FREELANCER
install all the stuff on your boat. What do the Mfg's do about
warranty when a "non-Authorized" dealer/installer was used. Isn't
most of this stuff "Plug and Play"?

Thanks for any help you can give....I'm sorta bewildered at the
moment.




I appreciate everyone's comments on the Raymarine/Furuno
question...Now one mo Anyone out there had any experience with an
INTERPHASE PROBE? It is a sonar capable of depicting the bottom
either to the sides or in the case of the "Probe" from beneath your
boat to the surface forward of your boat out to a distance (they say)
of over a thousand feet.....Anyone know anything about these? Thanks
again..

"...A lot of people complain about Raymarine product failing and
their customer service...."

I want to offer a different opinion. I have had three contacts with
Raymarine customer service and each one was more than satisfactory. They
answered the phone promptly, were patient in listening and explanations,
helpful, friendly and, most important, took care of the problem. The product
itself, though now obsolete, has held up well for a decade. I would get
their stuff again with full confidence!

Joel Albert
Potomac, MD
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I have a Raymarine package on my express cruiser from the factory. No
issues, no failures, no problems. Other than every unit having a
different way of setting the backlight level (#@#$##$#%%^^^@&^) I think
the controls and menus are pretty straightforward.

Raymarine also seems to have a broader range of instruments, so it is
easier to outfit your boat with stuff that should all take together.

That said, I will never forget walking into a Raytheon facility in Texas
where the "motivational" banners hanging from the ceiling were "Make
your numbers." No emphasis on the customer. No emphasis on the
employees. It was all about making money. Now you should recognize that
my opinion is that if you care for your customer and care for your
employees, the financial returns will follow. That is not the Raytheon
way, and I presume not the Raymarine way.

I'm going to buying a new boat in the next year, and I'll probably
commission with Raymarine instruments, but it will definately make my
stomach hurt.

dave