New Garmin Electronics Installation - Sea Ray Sundancer

Installation of my new Garmin equipment, including 943XSV GPSMAP Chartplotter, GMR
18 HD+ Radar, Striker Vivid 5CV finder.

Filmed June, 2022.

Boat Specs;
- Model: 1998 Sea Ray 370 Sundancer
- Length (bow to transom): 37-6", LOA (with factory swim platform): 40'-1"
- Beam: 12'-7"
- Dry Weight: 17,000 lbs
- Fully Loaded Weight: Boat + Fuel (1,664) + Water (580) + Gear (1,250 +/-) = 20,500 LBS
- Fuel Capacity: 275 U.S. gallons, 1,040 litres
- Draft: 32”
- Dead Rise: 20 degrees
- Engines: 2 x 7.4 litre Mercruiser Bluewater, Multi-Port fuel injection, gasoline,
raw water cooled, rated at 310 HP
- Transmissions: 2 x Borg Warner Velvet Drives, in Vee-Drive configuration
- Generator: Westerbeke 7.2 Kw BCGTC @ 60 Hz, gasoline powered & carburated, 3,600 RPM continuous engine speed
- 18,000 (total) BTU (12 + 8), reverse cycle heating/air conditioning

[jeffreyschmidt]

Great video Paul. I sold my 2005 Sea Ray 320 a few years ago so I am living vicariously through you till we are back on the water. Thanks for the great content!

[michiganengineer]

Some of the best advice I've heard regarding getting familiar with new tools (or a new presentation of an old tool) is to use it a lot with good visibility in a familiar location.

[Jetlag]

I put the Garmin 1242xsv on my Silverton along with the 24" radar. It made a great combination and the radar is fantastic. I also added Fox Marine engine gateways to my boat so that the engine parameters would display on the Engine screen of the 1242xsv.

[claymiller]

Best part was you pitching that old junk. Know that feeling... Complete relief 😌

[bradbaier]

Its like Christmas! All those fun projects to replace and repair. Enjoyed watching your

[basementracer]

Nice! Another episode and this one is on electronics. Coffee time!

[thomasellwood]

Nice work Paul, it’s good to see Anchor Girl finally on the new boat.

[danadiggins]

I now know where my amplifier is for my stereo! Thank you!

[BWSNOW]

I have the same unit on my 98 400db.
I LOVE the fish eye 3D scan of the bottom. Well worth it. Gonna get the same radome installed this winter and add a few cameras for around the boat for 360 view.

Great video! Thanks!

[markburley]

Amazing work Paul. I envy your abilities to do these projects and understand what goes where. Kudos to you! Small issue, 10:02 "the the radome" LOL "to the radome" perhaps. Rock on!

[kevinvanlohuizen]

That pass thru transducer was cool, might di that for my boat when upgrade comes around.

[topshelf]

Look into adding the fuel flow transducers. I love tracking my mileage and they are very accurate. I can burn 100 gallons and then fill up and it will be within 1/2 a gallon. Also a big advantage is learning where your boat runs the most efficient. I have been able to get up to 2.7 miles per gallon by adjusting RPM and trim. Where before where I ran it i was only at 1.9mpg. There cheap for what you get out of them.

[BikeBoatandTravel]

Yet another question.... thanks in advance!! I noticed that you bought all the dash panels?? How did the gauge part go? I have got to take mine apart to track down some gremlins this season.

[cubanchurchill]

I saved 7, 000 dollars running Navionics on my ipad and phone at the same time and works perfect on Americas Great Loop Which we’re on right now by the way 😁

[basementracer]

love the vid and the work you put in here. If I could be presumptuous enough to offer some advice. I would reduce the resolution of the radar to remove some of the clutter from the screen. Then you won't see big red splats on the screen, it will show more detail and stop basically smothering your charts in the below layer. Excellent stuff as always, be safe out there.

[jeffmurphy]

A little late but you can just epoxy the transducer that comes with Garmin units to boats fiberglass flooring. I’ve done this multiple times and works perfectly fine. Only issue is you have to do water temperature offset adjustment since transducer is not actually in the water. I do this once boat warms up I take a reading of the actual water temperature then see what my Garmin is reading go into settings and do the offset calculations then adjust it and good to go. Some may disagree with this idea but I have done it with a couple different boats no issues sonar reads properly and crystal clear views.

[rizzman]

Now that you have had it a while how do you like it compared to the Raymarine? I'm thinking about the same upgrade for my 330 but still have some life left in my 10 year old Raymarine and hate to spend the money. So glad your back to YouTube, we look forward to your videos!

[BikeBoatandTravel]

Now that you have had a year of use with this chart plotter I have a query. Garmin sells both touch screen and button operated units. An upgrade of the chart plotter is on our upgrade list and I was wondering how the touchscreen has served you and would you have preferred one over the other. Thanks as always for the " how I did it videos".

[BikeBoatandTravel]

Did the chart plotter need any kind of GPS receiver or is that built in to the unit?

[petervantienen]

Hey Paul, quick comment, it is safe to install and remove the micr-sd cards while the unit is on. When you insert the card it will scan the software and would have asked if you wanted to do the update. . :-) Love the Garmin units. I have two networked on my boat with Fox Marine modules to show all my engine data on one and charts on the second.