I have a
Garmin 741 as well as the 4D Garmin
radar.
The 741 is located at the
helm allowing the helm's man to have a good situational awareness. This is handy when sailing short crew, such as a couple.
However, we find out that when we need to use the
radar, since watching the radar
screen and interpreting the data is almost a 100% full time job for a
single person the helm's man cannot do this and steer the
boat at the same time.
Here comes the ipad. We then enable the
WIFI mode on the 741 and we can get a copy and control of the 741 screen on the ipad. The second crew
member can then
monitor the radar output.
If things would have to be redo, I would go with a second 741 at the nav table that could also get the radar data our even something with a larger screen like 8" or 9".