[PUP] Un-Charted Objects

[Adam Block]

Prices I've seen on the FS ranges from $70,000 - $90,000 installed. Ken W
has a blog post that talks about his basic research into the feasibility of
installing it:

http://www.kensblog.com/aspx/blob2/blobpage.aspx?msgid=463430&beid=18146

For those of you on the Nordhavn Dreamers list, there are photos of a FS
installation in a N68 (I think) in the Photos section.

/afb

On Thu, Jun 11, 2009 at 5:55 PM, John Marshall <johnamar1101 at gmail.com>wrote:

> I couldn't find any description of pricing... any idea?
>
> Also, it claims to use a kilowatt of power and operates at the same
> frequency as dolphins. I suppose that means you'll temporarily deafen them,
> at least when passing closely. I rather doubt that dolphins radiate a
> kilowatt of power in their clicks.
>
> John Marshall
>
> On Jun 11, 2009, at 2:30 PM, John Blair wrote:
>
>  There seems to be significant discussion on "un-charted" obstacles and how
>> best to avoid them. It seems to me that if this is of paramount importance
>> for the safety of boat, crew, and guests, then the 3-D Forward Looking
>> Sonar
>> product from FarSounder would be the best product available today to
>> prevent
>> "contacts-of-the-wrong-kind". (http://www.farsounder.com
>> <http://www.farsounder.com/> ) The product is expensive but, so is the
>> boat
>> and what price does one put on the lives of crew and guests.  They are
>> also
>> working with the military/governments to identify underwater security
>> issues. The demo on their web site runs on MS Vista but I found that when
>> done using the demo I had to do a system restore to get the computer
>> working
>> correctly again. Maybe this was just me but it was not a major problem,
>> just
>> an inconvenience. I believe they mention that the demo is supposed to work
>> on Windows XP.
>>
>>
>>
>> Comments welcome,
>>
>>
>>
>> Thanks
>>
>>
>>
>> John
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