J/30 Class Association Forums J/30 Forum The Boat, Sails and Equipment Shopping Instruments, GPS Data on ST60 Speed display

I just checked the ST60 plus on the Raymarine site. The Wind instrument requires an additional Raymarine E85001 NMEA interface if you want to network with any other non-Seatalk stuff. A single Raymarine ST60 Plus Graphic display can interface with it via Seatalk and provide the NMEA interface to other stuff, but you would need to provide the speed and depth info to it via NMEA 0183.

You could probably verify if the NMEA interface is working on your existing stuff by making temporary connections between one of the NAVMAN display NMEA outputs and another device with NMEA such as a GPS. Some of the Garmin handhelds support NMEA. If you know someone with a display that supports NMEA 0183 ask to borrow it for the testing. That way you can determine how soon you need to spend money, and the potential upgrade paths available to you.

I know it is ancient but I only went with ST40 as I was going speed and depth only to keep my instruments simple. Value for dollar seems to be there as the display is larger and does what I need. The ST60 display was smaller and way more expensive. I am in to speed and depth for just a hair over $400. ST60 was almost double that.

I just have never really felt the need for a masthead wind instrument. I don't really need to know accurate windspeed, just how the boat feels.

The only Garmin handhelds that support NMEA appear to be the ones with an old serial output cables versus USB. For whatever reason, they will only carry their proprietary Garmin signals over USB.

Since December when I asked about this, I decided on the tacktick t104 system. The plethora of information available and ease of interfacing all the equipment made the choice for me.
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Scott are you sure that's right? According the the Raymarine web site the max character size on the ST40 dual display is 27mm while the max character size on the ST60 display is 36mm.

I can appreciate the simplicity of the ST40 system though. I know Galileo uses ST40 speed/depth as well.

I think it was comparing the character display on the ST40 dual data vs the ST60 tridata display. There isn't a dual display for ST60.

Ahhh yes... ST40 dual vs ST60 tridata. That makes sense now. Still leaning towards TackTick T104 bundle. It's a bunch of money but I really like the idea of not leaving it out in the elements and the flexibility and expandability of the system.

Wish Tactic/Ray Marine would come out with an iPad app. That would make an awesome display.

You're right but one would need a very waterproof case for it though.

For the record I took the plunge and ordered the TackTick T104 system. Haul out will likely start next weekend. Let the adventure begin... I'll try to follow-up once the instruments are installed.

Where are you hauling?

Btw, I need to borrow your keel templates.