"Glenn Ashmore" wrote in message
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That looked extremely promising until I saw the price. $55,000!!!!!

Echopilots are a bit more reasonably priced. But they are best suited to
sailing boats - if you have a carnation prop I take it you are going quite
fast...
http://www.echopilot.com/

Not fast at all, less than 5 mph. I was about 20' west of the moorings round
the back of the island north of Belle Isle on Windemere. (in-case you happen
to find yourself there ;-) The boat came to a dead stop. I think the skeg or
the leg jammed against a rock as the prop, still turning, tried to drill its
way through the side of it. It's amazing how much damage can be done in just
a second. I also caught my spare prop, leaving the middle of the Brock Hole
(?) jetty south side. 2 props in one day, I hear the cheers from speed limit
supporters!
This was Easter this year, about a week before the TV report about how low
the water is on Windemere this year...


"Ric" wrote in message
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"Glenn Ashmore" wrote in message
news:N4GFb.9775$JD6.8424@lakeread04...
That looked extremely promising until I saw the price. $55,000!!!!!

Echopilots are a bit more reasonably priced. But they are best suited to
sailing boats - if you have a carnation prop I take it you are going quite
fast...
http://www.echopilot.com/

"lomaxelectrical" wrote in message
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Not fast at all, less than 5 mph. I was about 20' west of the moorings
round
the back of the island north of Belle Isle on Windemere. (in-case you
happen
to find yourself there ;-)

Quite often actually - but normally on a windsurfer so not much worry!

That collision avoidance scanner looks interesting. Wonder what it will
cost and if they will make a smaller unit like their FLS Bronze unit. I
am not so concerned about the forward bottom profile. I want a device
that will detect anything between the surface and say 10' deep out to a
distance that will give time for reaction. The Interphase Probe would
probably work but the Echopilot looks to be a lot more sophisticated and
easier to interpret.

Ric wrote:

"Glenn Ashmore" wrote in message
news:N4GFb.9775$JD6.8424@lakeread04...

That looked extremely promising until I saw the price. $55,000!!!!!


Echopilots are a bit more reasonably priced. But they are best suited to
sailing boats - if you have a carnation prop I take it you are going quite
fast...
http://www.echopilot.com/


--
Glenn Ashmore

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