Assuming integrated electronics provide an advantage, one reason not to modify the rule is that 1) most boats have existing electronics that are sufficient to be competitive under the current rules, and 2) $2000-3000 is a considerable amount of money and ignores installation cost (either time or money).
<br><br>The only electronics we have ever used on Magic Bus are a 5 year old tack tick compass and a handheld GPS for distance racing. Total cost (as new today, about $1200). I don't know enough about the integrated systems to say whether they would offer much advantage. I suspect they wouldn't around the buoys, but might help more in distance racing ...
<br><br>I don't feel that strongly either way on the issue, but I would lean toward leaving the rule as is ...<br><br><div><span class="gmail_quote">On 9/26/06, <b class="gmail_sendername">Tom Hintz</b> <<a href="mailto:thintz@engenesis.com">
thintz@engenesis.com</a>> wrote:</span><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;"><br>It seems to me that that today, the archaic rule of non-integrate electronics
<br>is more costly than a simpler, integrated solution. While researching prices<br>and options to replace our B&G system, it became apparent that integrated<br>solutions are the standard today and it is becoming increasingly difficult
<br>to find single-function devices.<br><br>Today, the premium on wireless instruments is far higher than a simple,<br>wired but integrated system. It seems odd that we allow hi-tech wireless<br>electronics, hi-tech lines and sail material of any type and cost, but do
<br>not allow generally available electronics.<br><br>Overall, the cost of a new integrated electronics package is less than<br>a set of sails, and will last many more years.<br><br>Not that I would want to give up our new hi-tech sails, but if we disallow
<br>current generally available electronics, we should also disallow any sail<br>and line materials developed in the last couple of decades;)<br><br> Complete Wired, Integrated System: $2,245.90<br> Complete Dis-Integrated System: $2,
881.50<br> Complete Wireless, Integrated System: $3,270.00<br><br>I don't see any reason that we should not vote to amened the class rules<br>to allow integrated instruments system.<br><br><br>To replace the existing dis-integrated electronics (adding apparent wind speed)
<br> 103AC $579 SailComp Fluxgate compass<br> H1000 S2 $839 B&G Speed & Depth<br> ST290 $479 Raymarine Wind Speed/Direction<br> GPS37 $695 Furuno GPS Display<br> BBWGPS $289.50 GPS Antenna
<br> $2881.50 Total<br><br>To install a complete integrated Nexus system would require:<br> NX2-SP3 $1,859.95 Nexus speed,depth,temp,wind,compass<br> NX2-GPS $349.95 Nexus GPS transducer<br> $2,
245.90 Total<br><br>To install a complete integrated B&G system would require:<br> H1000-S4 $2,089 B&G speed, depth, temp, wind, compass, NEMA<br> E32026 $365 Raystar 125 GPS Antenna (NEMA)<br> $2,454 Total
<br><br>For those of us that have already spent the $1,400 on a TackTick Speed/Depth<br>system, the components needed for Wind Speed/Direction and GPS:<br> T120 $800 Wind Transmitter<br> T122 $430 NEMA interface
<br> T908 $450 GPS antenna<br> T909 $320 Compass<br> $2,000 Total<br><br>For those that want to go all the way with a complete, integrated, new wireless<br>TackTick:<br> T104 $2,500 Speed,Depth,Wind,NEMA
<br> T908 $450 GPS antenna<br> T909 $320 Compass<br> $3,270 Total<br><br><br><br>--<br>Tom Hintz<br><a href="mailto:thintz@engenesis.com">thintz@engenesis.com</a><br>303.717.0450<br><br>_______________________________________________
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