GL: Ray marine software

[Henry Pitts]

David:
I am using the RN 6.0 coupled to the E 120 with Platinum charts. I find the
system works fine. I have the E120 at the helm of my sailboat and the RN 6.0
running on a laptop at the nav station below. The two are connected with a
Ray Marine supplied Ethernet cable. In the event of a failure of the E 120,
I have a Garmin hand held GPS hooked to the laptop via a USB port that gives
me a complete stand alone nav system. Additionally, the computer and GPS are
portable and I use that on my Lobster boat as a charting system as well as
at home for planning.
With a laptop, the RN 6.0 is the least expensive way to provide a back up
system as well as a remote station on board. I find the RN 6.0 is virtually
identical to the E 120 in terms of function and key strokes. There are a few
minor differences because you are using the computer keyboard, but nothing
significant. I would not get the Ray Marine keyboard that mimics the E120.
The system is user friendly given its complexity and is easy to learn. You
can plan courses, routes, waypoints etc at home on the laptop and then plug
it into the E 120 and download everything. All instruments, radar, GPS,
autopilot, etc are readable on the laptop when plugged into the E 120. As a
stand alone nav system it does everything the E 120 does without the radar
and instruments overlay. When hooked to the handheld GPS, you have full
position, course, CTE, distances, waypoint and speed data available.
I would recommend the RN 6.0 as a great add on to the E 120. I found it to
be money well spent to provide a remote station and a back-up nav system in
one package. Give me a call or email if you have any further questions.

Regards,
Henry

HENRY C. PITTS
15757 Irish Ave.
Monkton, MD 21111
H-410-472-4578
C-410-236-2308
hpitts@hughes.net


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[mailto:great-loop-bounces@lists.samurai.com] On Behalf Of David Russo
Sent: Saturday, February 17, 2007 11:32 PM
To: great-loop@lists.samurai.com
Subject: GL: Ray marine software

Does anyone use of have experience with Ray Navigator 6.0 software? I have
seen the demo and it looks okay. Any comments?

We have Ray marine E-120 Chart plotters for navigation and we are thinking
of using Ray Navigator 6.0 for a back up system. Before I purchase this
expensive software I would like to hear from the Loopers. Please.

My wife and I are starting the loop on March 5th from Ft. Myers, Florida and
plan to be in St. Simon Florida by March 11th. If anybody has any
suggestions of what to see or where to go in the area of St. Simon please
let us know.

David

David A. Russo
M/V Adesso

Cell (847) 778-1018
YachtAdesso@earthlink.net
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