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I forgot I subscribed to this list!  Now I know it is alive and well!

I buying a new 40' sailboat which will probably see 80% of its use within
30 miles from home port in long island sound.  Occasional Wednesday nights
around the buoys.  Then a week or 10 days each year to points beyond (maybe
buzzards bay, Nantucket), then after a year or two, off to Bermuda, maybe
points south.

So, what electronics do I specify?  Current thinking is B&G Hydra pilot and
instrumentation, Furuno 841 4kw LCD radar at the helm with a repeater at
the nav station.

But after that, I don't know what else.  Probably a plotter.  But what
kind?  Do I just buy the B&G and be done with it, or should I look more
seriously at the other options?   Should it mounted at the helm, the
bulkhead, or the nav station.  Should it be software based (on a laptop) or
a dedicated unit.

Or should I wait a year and buy when better plotter/radar interfaces are
available.

And what about SSB?  Do I have $1600 grounding grid bonded into the hull
now, or install a dynaplate in a few years when I'm ready to buy the radio
and to venture offshore?

And how the heck can I get an email connection for my boat? (Cellular/SSB/
or ???)

I sure ask a lot of questions!

Thanks!

Ron Hiner
Westport Connecticut
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