Garintheair
Active Member
- May 4, 2019
- 105
- Boat Info
- 1995 Sea Ray 290
- Engines
- 4.3L w/Alpha 1 Gen 2 Drives
This is my first "actual" post here. I have recently purchased my first Sea Ray-a well equipped 1995 290- which I am working on getting in the water; details of which would be best for another thread. This boat will be used on Lake Ontario, both American and Canadian side, as well as the St. Lawrence two or three times a year.
After a severe night fog episode last year in a friends 300-too thick to see the bow rails or ANY lit reference-in which a second alternator failure caused a gps failure-the resulting severe pucker factor for all on board had me considering radar for my 290.
As I cannot afford state of the art new equipment I started looking for used. I found the following brand new in the boxes equipment from the widow of a person who bought it for a never completed great loop trawler project:
2 Garmin 5212 w/gps antennas and assorted mounts
2 ICOM M604
Garmin 18XD radar w/mount
2 Shakespeare 5225 XP
Ghp 10 Complete auto pilot system w/shadow drive, pump and all hoses and fittings
GHC 10 autopilot control
XM radio module w/antenna
GSD22 digital remote sounder
GHD 22 sounder
2 Airmar transducers
Garmin marine network both 2000 and 0183
ALL cables, connectors and mounts for everything
Bluechart g2 cards for everywhere, it seems
A bunch of other electronics and mounts which escape me at the moment
This is a complete new unused in boxes turn key system with everything needed for install.
I don't know if I paid too much for this obsolete equipment but it has everything I would have looked for. My question is for anyone who has/had a similar setup:
Is this stuff still viable and worth installing (I can do it myself)?
Is it worth putting on a 290?
Will I find it to be obsolete for the use I'm intending?
Any other thoughts and insight would be greatly appreciated.
Gary
After a severe night fog episode last year in a friends 300-too thick to see the bow rails or ANY lit reference-in which a second alternator failure caused a gps failure-the resulting severe pucker factor for all on board had me considering radar for my 290.
As I cannot afford state of the art new equipment I started looking for used. I found the following brand new in the boxes equipment from the widow of a person who bought it for a never completed great loop trawler project:
2 Garmin 5212 w/gps antennas and assorted mounts
2 ICOM M604
Garmin 18XD radar w/mount
2 Shakespeare 5225 XP
Ghp 10 Complete auto pilot system w/shadow drive, pump and all hoses and fittings
GHC 10 autopilot control
XM radio module w/antenna
GSD22 digital remote sounder
GHD 22 sounder
2 Airmar transducers
Garmin marine network both 2000 and 0183
ALL cables, connectors and mounts for everything
Bluechart g2 cards for everywhere, it seems
A bunch of other electronics and mounts which escape me at the moment
This is a complete new unused in boxes turn key system with everything needed for install.
I don't know if I paid too much for this obsolete equipment but it has everything I would have looked for. My question is for anyone who has/had a similar setup:
Is this stuff still viable and worth installing (I can do it myself)?
Is it worth putting on a 290?
Will I find it to be obsolete for the use I'm intending?
Any other thoughts and insight would be greatly appreciated.
Gary