Radar

[SeanR]

Hello,

Any one running a radar on a smaller sized skiff? I've been toying with the idea for my 18ft skiff. Spring time the fog can get real thick until about mid July, and a few of my spots I need to cross shipping lanes and well, I alway get that feeling that theres a tanker bering down on me:eek:
Just wounder smaller sized units you may be using or know off and something that wont break the bank either. *thumbsup*

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I had a JRC 1000 on a small boat before. Very nice unit for the money.

[Dave]

whattacatch has a radar unit on his 258 http://www.carolinaskiffowner.com/showthread.php?t=2453&highlight=radar

Dave

[Dave]

Thanks for the lead NEM. I just made a brief search of the JRC 1000 and it appears like a reasonably priced radar system. I've considered radar on my skiff for running at night but the price of admission (of the few systems I've looked at) was always prohibitive.

Here's a thread on the JRC posted on the Whaler board.

http://continuouswave.com/ubb/Forum1/HTML/005754.html

Dave

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Thanks for the lead NEM. I just made a brief search of the JRC 1000 and it appears like a reasonably priced radar system. I've considered radar on my skiff for running at night but the price of admission (of the few systems I've looked at) was always prohibitive.

Here's a thread on the JRC posted on the Whaler board.

http://continuouswave.com/ubb/Forum1/HTML/005754.html

Dave

Dave, that money i spend on that unit was (in very few cases for me) money well spent. Other that it was not a color unit, was as good as the Raytheon i had at the same time on my other boat, so i did have something to compare them.

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Here is a picture i found

http://i248.photobucket.com/albums/gg199/giorgosc/BOAT%20STUFF/DSC_0531.jpg

[bigfish3]

Fellows, I believe that the JRC1000 was discontinued some time ago. The local BoatUS store used to carry them and in fact I bought one to put on my 1966 Chris Craft Commander.

I dont see any listing in the West Marine catalog at this time either.

[SeanR]

The JRC will defently fit my needs, I have only found online for about $1K.. Hopefully one will show up on e-bay sooner then later.. Thanks for the suggestions!*thumbsup*

[Dave]

Fellows, I believe that the JRC1000 was discontinued some time ago. The local BoatUS store used to carry them and in fact I bought one to put on my 1966 Chris Craft Commander.

I dont see any listing in the West Marine catalog at this time either.

I think the newer models are JRC 1000 MKII. Here's one listed, but I didn't check to see if it was available.

http://www.boatbandit.com/jrc-radar-1000-mkii-2363.aspx

Dave

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Dave, you are correct. The MKII is the new version. I think they changed the screen, use to have a little more glare than normal, and they made it a little faster, same as the 1500 version they had.

[kurtzr]

If you want to keep the cost down, check out some of the small boat radars available on eBay. Stick with Furuno or Raymarine LCD types. I found a Raymarine RL70 with dome for about $600, and I can't believe how well it sees even small targets (like no wake buoys) in the harbor. Some of the RL70's also have a built in chartplotter too.

[Dave]

Thanks kurtzr, I'll do that *thumbsup*

Dave