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    GPS/Engine Mngmt/chart plotter/Fish Finder

    Looking for a new toy....
    All in one Chartplotter, fish finder, GPS speed, and most importantly a way to view fuel flow. I know that I will need to buy the extra sensor to calculate fuel flow. I would like to have a 10 hrz GPS ant. if possible but 5 is okay to. Is anyone pre " Tige touch" running something like this? I want to keep total cost under 1k. Taking a few weeks off in April planning to do annual maint./ full ballast install, and while the boat is all apart and I have the tools all handy to do this system install as well.
    If you have this, what are you using? Install recommendations?
    Thanks for all the help.
    My life's journey is not ending up looking pretty, its sliding in broadside, used up, worn out, screaming "What a Ride"

    #2
    Crickets, crickets........
    My life's journey is not ending up looking pretty, its sliding in broadside, used up, worn out, screaming "What a Ride"

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      #3
      You messed it up by including "fish finder" Brad! Everyone tuned out after that.. LOL

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        #4
        My best advise, get on a couple of the off-shore/center console and other fishing sites. I bet theres a tablet based system out there that allows for the cable to be tucked away and tablet left off for those trips where charts and fish finding are not needed. I think you can also convert the Faria gauge to GPS speed, leaving that gauge intact and active, but now GPS rather then paddle wheel.

        Also, faria did offer fuel flow, but something had to be dropped, cant remember what it was.
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          #5
          Thanks guys, I don't plan to fish off the boat but in order to get sonar you have to get a fish finder. Kinda hand in hand.
          My life's journey is not ending up looking pretty, its sliding in broadside, used up, worn out, screaming "What a Ride"

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            #6
            Charts and sonar without fish finding... Doesn't have the engine management from what I'm seeing, but maybe you could add that in another way. Seems a lot of offshore guys just run these apps on iPads or other tablets mounted to the dash... Worth checking out:

            http://www.navionics.com

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              #7
              I've got the Raymarine E7 hybrid touch on my cruiser boat and it does everything you described.

              Not sure what the unit cost, it came with the boat, but keeping it under 1K may be tough.

              Garmin and Lawrance have similar items.

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