BSLucky
New Member
- May 13, 2015
- 6
- Boat Info
- 1991 480 Sundancer Named BS Lucky Tender 12' Walker Bay with 50HP
- Engines
- Detroit Diesel 6v92's 550HP each
Hello all Sea Ray people,
Here goes my first post on here. I have got a new rig a 1990 Sea Ray 420 Sundancer. When I got the boat all of the electronics and such were of course circa 1990. I have been in update mode. I will list what I have done and where I am stuck in the hopes that I may get some advice. Off we go......
I have installed a new Lowrance HDS10 Plotter with structure scan, Lowrance 3G Radar, Lowrance Link 8 VHF, These work awesome!!!!
Still on the boat original Azimuth 1000 Digital Compass, Robertson AP200 autopilot, Tridata unit. The compass works great and the tridata works great and even the ap200 works for simple compass or straight line driving. Under the deck is a J101a box and a seastar hydraulic system. The steering is fully hydraulic. and the autopilot will control it for like I said simplistic things.
What I want to do is get the ability to output a course from my HDS10 to the autopilot and have the AP steer for me. All this said I have blew most of my budget buying the boat and all new electronics and inflatable already so I am on a shoestring now LMAO. Any ideas on an inexpensive way to accomplish with some of what I have and maybe some new stuff? Got this info from Robertson repair place..... AP200 by itself doesn't do Nav steering. You need an AP200DL Control Unit or the optional N200 Nav Unit for AP200 (also several cables & a D100 so it can all be connected) or a box to connect to my existing hydraulics and back to HDS10 Help please.
BS Lucky
Here goes my first post on here. I have got a new rig a 1990 Sea Ray 420 Sundancer. When I got the boat all of the electronics and such were of course circa 1990. I have been in update mode. I will list what I have done and where I am stuck in the hopes that I may get some advice. Off we go......
I have installed a new Lowrance HDS10 Plotter with structure scan, Lowrance 3G Radar, Lowrance Link 8 VHF, These work awesome!!!!
Still on the boat original Azimuth 1000 Digital Compass, Robertson AP200 autopilot, Tridata unit. The compass works great and the tridata works great and even the ap200 works for simple compass or straight line driving. Under the deck is a J101a box and a seastar hydraulic system. The steering is fully hydraulic. and the autopilot will control it for like I said simplistic things.
What I want to do is get the ability to output a course from my HDS10 to the autopilot and have the AP steer for me. All this said I have blew most of my budget buying the boat and all new electronics and inflatable already so I am on a shoestring now LMAO. Any ideas on an inexpensive way to accomplish with some of what I have and maybe some new stuff? Got this info from Robertson repair place..... AP200 by itself doesn't do Nav steering. You need an AP200DL Control Unit or the optional N200 Nav Unit for AP200 (also several cables & a D100 so it can all be connected) or a box to connect to my existing hydraulics and back to HDS10 Help please.
BS Lucky