New boat with no electronics...now what?

[usatuna]

New 2009 Sea Hunt triton 220 with no electronics on the way....if you were starting with a blank slate...what electronics would you buy assuming a $3000 limit?

Located in Ocean City, MD. Thanks for your input.

[Capt Rick Hiott]

Garmin and a Icom radio with a BIG antennae!

I know its to late now,,,,,but when you buy a new boat try to include your electronics in the rigging of the boat........

[yachtjim]

when you buy a new boat try to include your electronics in the rigging of the boat........

A good idea on paper, but sometimes the same guy that paints bottoms and washes boats ends up doing the installation and often the finer points are missed like connecting DSC or nmea between devices. I will agree that it is a great place to save some money!

To the original poster, sounds like your boat is a fine one to bring to our facility to get all dolled up. I'd be happy to help. Otherwise there is a Martek in Ocean City, and Mid Shore will travel there too.

A good package to start with under 3K for a near coastal fishing boat would be a Garmin 4208 for gps, Furuno FCV620 and Transom mount ducer for FF and a Standard Horizon Quest-X Radio. A Digital 529-VW VHF antenna is good too. This will be under 3K and is a VERY classy setup. You can easily add radar to it should you ever want to.

[Fishinspot]

I couldn't have said it any better. Jim is the man. Great recommendations.

[Hulihan]

You can probably get set up for that amount, get a Furuno radar, nice VHF and a low end GPS, install yourself and you are good to go.

[swamppro]

All depends what you are going to do with the boat. Garmin for plotter/sounder, Icom vhf, Shakepeare or Digital Antenna,

[A Few Dollars]

All depends what you are going to do with the boat. Garmin for plotter/sounder, Icom vhf, Shakepeare or Digital Antenna,

[usatuna]

Thanks for your replies everyone! The Sea Hunt 220 Triton will be mostly used for near-coastal fishing. Also, occasional cruising.

Update: I ordered a Lowrance HDS-10 on Ebay but it did not meet the description. I have a dispute being reviewed by Paypal and hope to return the item to get my money back. Please don't lecture me about Ebay. It's a shame that there are some unscrupulous people out there. Until now, I never really had a problem. Nevertheless, I ended up with the Lowrance HDS-8 Insight with 83/200 transducer, Standard Horizon VHF GX1500 in black, and Shakespeare Mariner 8700 8ft "extra tough" antenna. I'm having it professionally installed and I'll hopefully post pics when it's all done.

Thanks again for all your suggestions!