The Freedom of Youth

[OLDGUY313]

A friend has purchased a 29' Columbia for his son's graduation. He asked me and I gave him my advice and he asked if I could ask the experts (You) about the best compliment of electronic gear for this boat for coastal cruising. If you venture an opinion I will give it to him. The boy will do most of his sailing in the Carribean and coastal Central and South America.

[GordMay]

Greetings and welcome aboard the CF, OLDGUY.
Compass, Depth sounder, & GPS.

[thomm225]

The Standard Horizon GX2200 is a VHF, GPS, and AIS all in one. Then you could add a handheld $21.00 Suunto compass (or mounted), and a depth finder

If it has tiller steering, an ST 2000 tiller autopilot or a Simrad TP10 would be nice to have

[Pete7]

Agree with Thomm and if there is any change left a small chart plotter with fish finder and linked to the AIS is very useful for coastal sailing. I like watching what the sea bed is doing.

Final suggestion, direct the young skipper to You Tube and the Adventures of Tarka, to see how it can be done with a very simply life style. Easy blog to watch too.

Pete

[atoll]

i think a portable,rechargable sound system,a large box of condoms and plenty of flares to fire off on NYE would be more useful for the immediate future......

[daletournier]

Originally Posted by atoll

i think a portable,rechargable sound system,a large box of condoms and plenty of flares to fire off on NYE would be more useful for the immediate future......

Cracked me up[emoji1787][emoji1787]

[Apollo366]

Originally Posted by thomm225

The Standard Horizon GX2200 is a VHF, GPS, and AIS all in one. Then you could add a handheld $21.00 Suunto compass (or mounted), and a depth finder

If it has tiller steering, an ST 2000 tiller autopilot or a Simrad TP10 would be nice to have

Hmmmm, sounds like my kind of provisioning!

Seriously, Thomm has it right, I sailed to Tahiti & on to HI with only a sextant & Grundig SW radio & VHF in 1980, and a big stack of paper charts.

I would also add at least a handheld Chart Plotter such as https://www.westmarine.com/buy/garmi...91?recordNum=9

or a mounted Plotter such as
https://www.westmarine.com/buy/garmi...arts--19386614

Oh, and an EPIRB and safety gear.

Of course he and you should take a sailing course offered near where you live, then;

LET THE ADVENTURE BEGIN!!

And keep us informed, love to hear sailing stories.

Capt. Wayne
S/V Apollo

[thomm225]

Nice.

I just bought a beginner plastic Davis Sextant to start playing around with as backup to my GPS's etc.

[jhulmer]

Originally Posted by atoll

i think a portable,rechargable sound system,a large box of condoms and plenty of flares to fire off on NYE would be more useful for the immediate future......

Brings back memories