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Raymarine S1 to S1G
My new boat comes with an ST 6001 Autopilot. I would like to get the
benefits of the AST feature and the gyro stabilized compass improving my MARPA results As close as I figure, there are two ways to do this. a) Add the gyro stabalized compass to my existing ST 6001. b) Replace my core-pack with an SG1 corepack. My questions. 1) What is the difference, if any beween doing either of the above ? 2) Can I trade in my unused S1 corepack for an S1G core pack ? |
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"b393capt" wrote in message ps.com... My new boat comes with an ST 6001 Autopilot. I would like to get the benefits of the AST feature and the gyro stabilized compass improving my MARPA results As close as I figure, there are two ways to do this. a) Add the gyro stabalized compass to my existing ST 6001. b) Replace my core-pack with an SG1 corepack. My questions. 1) What is the difference, if any beween doing either of the above ? 2) Can I trade in my unused S1 corepack for an S1G core pack ? Its always best to talk to the horse's mouth on technical issues like this and I have found Raymarine USA to be pretty good at responding to emails. Just go to their home page and sift your way through Customer Support until you get to the "send us a question" page. Having said that, I have been studying these systems a bit lately as I plan to add a Raymarine below deck unit to my boat. As far as I know there would be no performance difference between adding the gyro to your S1 corepack vs replacing the corepack with an S1G. Unless you could get some credit for returning the S1 it would be more expensive buying a new S1G than just the gyro (although S1G corepacks turn up on eBay at good prices as compared to a gyro which you likely will have to pay retail for. S1G still probably more expensive.) I doubt a retailer or Raymarine would take back your used S1. You could keep it as a spare and buy an S1G but buying the gyro would likely be cheapest. |
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Raymarine S1 to S1G
is ST6001 the latest autopilot from Raymarine? What is MARPA?
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Raymarine S1 to S1G
MARPA is a software feature in Radar / Chartplotters, that follows a
contact (you select), and reports it's direction and speed relative to earth, along with it's closest point of approach (CPA) to your vessel. Helps avoid radar assisted collisions. |
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"luc" wrote in news:1141579936.067100.225870
@p10g2000cwp.googlegroups.com: What is MARPA? MARPA is a simple target tracker built into Raymarine's radar display units...sorta like multiple targets and ranging. What you do is to click on the target to put it into the MARPA target list, then the computer in the display tracks its azimuth and range as you both move around. With this simple information, you can see what the target is doing almost immediately. Oh, please, let's make AIS come QUICKER for everybody!.....MARPA sucks in comparison...(c; |
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Raymarine S1 to S1G
Sucks is right. It is often confused, and alarms incesently.
Also ... it does not reduce the training requirements to use radar, which are considerable. Radar is still one of those things, where you need to know whats happening under the covers to interpret what the display means. AIS on the otherhand would be as easy to use as GPS, one would think. |
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In article .com,
"b393capt" wrote: Sucks is right. It is often confused, and alarms incesently. Also ... it does not reduce the training requirements to use radar, which are considerable. Radar is still one of those things, where you need to know whats happening under the covers to interpret what the display means. that's why the USCG instituted the Radar Observer Endorsement on Masters and Mates Licenses, years ago. To many vessel drivers didn't understand the technology that they were using, and couldn't interpret the displays information properly. Bruce in alaska -- add a 2 before @ |
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"luc" wrote in message oups.com... is ST6001 the latest autopilot from Raymarine? What is MARPA? The 6001 and 7001 series control heads are the latest versions. If you have a 6000 or 7000 I understand you can get the internal firmware updated to make it a 6001 / 7001. This adds some "smarts" to the autopilot system. |
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