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16 Powerboat Reports • October 2003

quarter of 2004.”

A second alternative keypad op-

tion for the HSB² system is its per-

sonal computer interface capability.

Operating a laptop is really only a vi-

able option for those boat owners

whose vessels have enclosed bridges.

Two additional options available

Pushbuttons

Alarm(s)

Clear

Display

Enter

Gain

Hide/Show

Marks

Menu

Multi

Pwr/(Brill)

Range - Up & Down

Save/MOB

VRM/EBL

Cursor Pad

Track Ball

Features

# of Brightness Levels

# of Alphanumeric Keys

# of Soft Keys

Screen Orientation

# of Simultaneous Split Windows

Warranty Period Years - Parts/Labor

Furuno

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

No

Yes

No

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

No

Yes

8

10

5

Landscape

3

2/1

NavNet vs. HSB²: 10-inch Screen Capability

Raymarine

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

No

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

No

Yes

Yes

No

100

0

4

Portrait

2

2/2

on Furuno’s NavNet system are

weather fax and smart sensor. The

reasons for weather fax are obvious,

and we won’t go into them. But smart

sensor may not be as well understood.

It will display digital depth on a ra-

dar/plotter NavNet system without the

purchase of the network sounder.

Raymarine does not offer these op-

tions on the 10-inch HSB² screen, but

its system will interface with a per-

sonal computer.

Conclusions

Our table shows that none of these

systems is cheap, even in a basic

configuration. But they are far more

capable in data exchange and con-

trol issues than independent systems

could ever be. If you’re a serious fish-

erman, passagemaker, or just a week-

end boater looking at purchasing a

separate radar, sounder and

chartplotter you should give a net-

worked system a close look. When

you consider the total cost of a

standalone package vs. a networked

package of equal capability, the costs

are similar.

In our view, Furuno’s system tops

Raymarine’s for a few reasons.

Furuno has a keypad as standard

equipment, and the Raymarine does

not. Plus, we like the Furuno’s three-

window capability to the Raymarine’s

two. And Furuno offers options, such

as weather fax and its smart sensor,

which are not available on the

Raymarine unit.

Contacts—Furuno USA, Inc., 1200 East

151

st

Street, Camas, WA 98607, USA;

360/834-9300, fax 360/834-9400;

www.furuno.com.

Raymarine Inc., 22 Cotton Road, Unit

H, Nashua, NH 03063; 603/881-5200,

fax: 603/864-4756; www.raymarine.com.

Above: A PBR tester evaluated both

the Furuno and Raymarine systems

on identical Hydra-Sports 3300 cen-

ter console fishing vessels.

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