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System
Our nav station has been modified with a sub electrical panel with an additional 6 breakers as well as mounting radios, TNC, etc. Our instruments are Autohlem** and use the seatalk bus to communicate with each other. We have also installed a seatalk to NMEA converter to allow us to display and record wind, depth, speed and all nav and GPS data on our computer along with the electronic charts.
Navigation Gear
 | Magellan GPS |
| SGC 2000 SSB/ham radio with SGC auto tuner mounted below port backstay |
| Apelco VHF with automatic antenna switch to change between nav station and cockpit VHF radios |
| Hand held VHF in charging bracket |
| Pactor II TNC for receiving email and weatherfax. Click here to read more about Communications |
| Toshiba laptop computer for electronic charts, weatherfax, boat maintenance logs, inventory program and freecell. Also have scanner, CD burner and printer |
| Backup receive only SSB for voice weather or weatherfax |
| Barometer- records pressure for 72 hr history as well as showing current temperature and humidity and time |
| ITT Generation 3 night vision monocular |
| Steiner Commander waterproof binoculars |
| Hand bearing compass |
| Nav tools- plotters, dividers, parallel rules, magnifying glass, etc. |
Click the photo to see an enlargement of the navigation
Station and read the captions identifying the equipment
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TO READ ABOUT THE FANTASTIC AIS SYSTEM WE INSTALLED IN 2009
**Our Autohelm instruments performed flawlessly for quite a few years but when we began to need service on them we became less satisfied with the company. In recent years their customer service has declined terribly and we can no longer recommend them. Click here for more information.