NAVMAN WIND & Raymarine Windvane Compatibility?

[Saileur40]

Is NAVMAN 3100 series WIND module compatible with the st-60 Raymarine windvane. I cannot get replacement for my Navman unit so is the raymarine 5-wire vane will work?

[barnakiel]

I would guess they may be incompatible. I have seen Ray using SeaTalk, Navman using NMEA.

I believe for Navman search on Plastimo instruments (there is a 'new' series out there).

b.

[Jim Cate]

G'Day Saileur,

I have just been through this drama with an older Standard Horizon/Navman windpoint. Found in my case that the masthead unit was fine, but that there was an open circuit in one of the five wires in the cable. Unfortunately, the fault lay within the "block" at the masthead that the actual sensor wand plugs into. After a lot of agonizing, a more talented than I pal volunteered to get it apart and fix it. He succeeded, too! He was able to remove the potting in the block with a combination of grinding and then using a hot air gun to soften the remaining epoxy. The fault was a corroded solder joint at the back of one of the pins. We discovered a similar fault in a second cable that I was able to locate, so It seems possible that your system is similar.

The simple test is to bring the masthead unit down and plug it directly into the display head, and then test for functionality. If you haven't done this, give it a try.

Good luck

Jim

[Saileur40]

Ok thank you both.