B&G Electronics

[David Clark]

Has anyone had experience with the B&G Triton Speed/Depth/Wind Package
Planing an upgrade on our 1997 Beneteau 321

[GordMay]

Greetings and welcome aboard the CF, David.

[colemj]

Yes, we have three of them and love them. I will try to post a short review of them soon.

Meanwhile, check post #9 here: http://www.cruisersforum.com/forums/...ors-88509.html

Mark

[noelex 77]

Welcome David

There is a short review here:
Panbo: The Marine Electronics Weblog: B&G Triton, all-in-one N2K instrument & pilot keypad

[kachina33]

We are looking at this particular model and have read good things.

Does anyone have comments on how the wireless function off shore as oppose to coastal. Are there any negatives in regard to wireless in this regard.

Thanks
Kachina33

[colemj]

The B&G Tritons do not have any wireless functionality. Are you talking about the Simrad GoFree?

Mark

[GregSteimel]

I installed it on an Albin Nova 33 a year ago. Tearing out the old stuff was more work than installing. These digital systems are truly plug and play, nothing like the miles of wire it replaces. And the newer firmware allows it to display engine data, so once I add the engine to the network, I'll finally find out how much oil pressure it makes.


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[mikereed100]

We installed one a couple of years ago. The wind sensor was faulty right out of the box. B and G sent us a new one which lasted less than 3 weeks. We exchanged that one out 6 months ago and so far no problems. The large screen and low power draw are great. I wish they had a peak wind reading and an average speed reading (both would be easy software mods), but otherwise very happy with it.

[Dockhead]

Originally Posted by mikereed100

. . . I wish they had a peak wind reading and an average speed reading (both would be easy software mods) . . .

Your prayer has been answered!

The new software (which I recently installed with some difficulty) gives the Triton a Wind Plot screen, which displays TWS and TWD, with a 30 minute (or 10, or 20) plot of each, showing low value, peak value, and average. It's really useful!