I have spent the last 2 months yanking basically every
single piece of
equipment related to
navigation, instrumentation, communication etc off of our 1995 Contest 46 and replacing with new NMEA2000
equipment. Much of it was original to the
boat, some of it came later. Some definitely worked, some didn't, others were not tested. I will note what I know about each piece below. I am happy to give this stuff to anyone that can make use of it- you just pay the actual
shipping costs from St. Petersburg, FL. My strong suggestion would be to view this stuff as spare
parts for an existing system in your
boat rather than something that you should build a "new" system around. I wasn't a total brute as I removed it from the boat, but my incentive was expedience rather than keeping long
wiring runs in tact so most data
cables etc were cut. I measured approximately 1300' of data and
power cable in the pile that I removed, so you can understand the problem.
Parts available:
-
B&G Hydra 2
instruments and autopilots
--
B&G Processor - worked. Central brain that all the B&G stuff linked back to.
-- B&G
autopilot processor - worked, except for the note below
--hydra
compass - AP showed a fault (#105) last time we used it, which is related to
compass, but did not investigate. It still showed heading some it seems like the compass was working at least partially
-- hydra
autopilot controller/display
-- hydra autopilot
remote control
-- hydra multi-function
instruments displays x2 - both worked. One cable I cut off only an inch from the back, so splicing will take some creativity.
-- Analogs
wind and speed gauges x4 - did not
work. Did not investigate so much just have been bad connections at the ECU.
-- anemometer/wind
transducer - working
-- 41mm
depth and speed transducers -
depth worked, speed needs a new impeller at a minimum
-
Furuno radar and CRT display - display would fire up, but could not get
radar to transmit. I did not attempt to investigate
- RR Electronic AV-205 and AV-302
VHF splitter
- Shakespeare
VHF antenna
- Phillips AP Navigator display and
antenna - did not
work. Didn't investigate.
- MasterVolt
Power System
Control Panel - did not work. Didn't investigate.
- Si-Tex
AIS receiver - Did not attempt to use
- Shipmate external VHF speaker - worked
- Vtronix 24v input 12v output Voltage Converter - 12amp continuous - did not attempt to use
- Magnetronic DCC 4000
battery monitor - did not attempt to use
-
Garmin VHF 300 black box system - everything worked but the sheathing on the handsets is falling off and my
insurance company took issue with the note on the
survey. Cannot find replacement handsets so opted to replace.
-- Black box
-- GHS10 handsets x2
-- power and
remote station
cables
Send me a private message if you want any of this stuff and we can arrange
shipping. All I ask is that you don't resell the things that have value (like the VHF) as I am specifically opting to give it all away in the hopes that it can be useful to people in this community.
Cheers,
Will
Maybe one day soon. We nixed going cruising again this year thanks to Covid, and it turned out to be a great opportunity to be able to work remotely and 
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