Electronics and Navigation Systems
Posted February 20, 2006
Installation of the navigation suite is almost complete. As you can see from the picture above, Tortuga carries a full compliment of navigation systems with FULL REDUNDANCY. Not shown in the picture above is the communications and autopilot panel which is above the helm station. I'll post more pictures as they become available. Located on that panel is the Robertson AP2000DL main panel, the original ROSS VHF and the new ICOM 502 VHF. Yet to be mounted is the Robertson autopilot rudder position indicator which will be located directly below the LCD panel for the CAPN' ECS.
The navigation suite is comprised of the following equipment:
Icom 602 VHF radio with integrated GPS-coupled DSC, fog horn and hailer
RayMarine ST-60 Tri-data display and transducer for speed, water temp, and depth
The Capn' Electronic
Charting System (ECS) with full-size WindowsXP-based 12VDC computer
Furuno FR-240 Mark-II open-array radar
RayMarine 320 GPS WAAS receiver
ROSS Engineering AMV250 VHF radio
Robertson AP2000DL Autopilot
Raytheon 611xx chart plotter and dedicated Raymarine GPS
Raytheon R11xx open-array radar
Raytheon V850 color echo sounder
Prior to installation of the new equipment I had to rebuild the helm station right and left side deck areas. Prior owners had cut or drilled holes everywhere. Some as large as 14" x 8". These where filled with wood blanks and epoxied in place. A green paint was applied over the existing Formica-like veneer then a clear coat of satin finish.
The mouse and keyboard are lit for night use.
