All In One Screen

[scottb7]

Yep, great point. 10-15 years from now owner gonna be in a bad place...A failure gonna be a big problem i bet.

[functionoverfashion]

Yep, great point. 10-15 years from now owner gonna be in a bad place...A failure gonna be a big problem i bet.

It could be a good business opportunity, creating an interface to connect to these systems and provide aftermarket replacement options as they get older.

I'm hoping Nautique and the OEM suppliers will provide support for a long time, but eventually they will stop.

[srock]

I have a larger boat where the information is all NEMA data so when I replaced by old Raymarine equipment with Furuno I kept my Raymarine autopilot system and it plugged into the new components; chart plotter, sonar and radar all communicated. I installed a Fusion marine stereo on my 230 and that too runs on NEMA so it can display on any NEMA compliant screen. The screen itself can be stupid. Seems simple but with wake boats my understanding is that the system is a little more unique with many different sensors feeding into the system. Long term availability is worrisome to me as well as on the water solutions when a dealer is not close.

[functionoverfashion]

I have a larger boat where the information is all NEMA data so when I replaced by old Raymarine equipment with Furuno I kept my Raymarine autopilot system and it plugged into the new components; chart plotter, sonar and radar all communicated. I installed a Fusion marine stereo on my 230 and that too runs on NEMA so it can display on any NEMA compliant screen. The screen itself can be stupid. Seems simple but with wake boats my understanding is that the system is a little more unique with many different sensors feeding into the system. Long term availability is worrisome to me as well as on the water solutions when a dealer is not close.

I think this is severely lacking in the wake boat / small recreational boat industry - correct me if I'm wrong - but it's like OBDII in cars, where the auto industry decided on a standard set of diagnostic codes and required all cars to have at least a standard connector and certain systems that communicate with standard code readers. Clearly there's a LOT more to modern car diagnostics, but my point is that no such thing really exists for boats - every manufacturer has a different system with different connections and software required to communicate with it. And still, that is almost separate from the user interface screens we're talking about, but it's parallel. It would benefit everyone to have some standardization here, both on the engine side and the other systems on board.

[McCannLand]

I have a larger boat where the information is all NEMA data so when I replaced by old Raymarine equipment with Furuno I kept my Raymarine autopilot system and it plugged into the new components; chart plotter, sonar and radar all communicated. I installed a Fusion marine stereo on my 230 and that too runs on NEMA so it can display on any NEMA compliant screen. The screen itself can be stupid. Seems simple but with wake boats my understanding is that the system is a little more unique with many different sensors feeding into the system. Long term availability is worrisome to me as well as on the water solutions when a dealer is not close.

Pretty sure the Nautique LINC and LINC 2.0 displays are communicating via SAE J1939 and NMEA 2000


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[shag]

I am not a fan of the Linc.... They have had it over a decade now and there should be few if any problems.... Just my preference to like having actual gauges.

[Evening Shade]

Analog gauges aren't without fault. Wasn't it the Faria gauges and gateways that notoriously went out on Nautiques in the past?

[charlesml3]

Analog gauges aren't without fault. Wasn't it the Faria gauges and gateways that notoriously went out on Nautiques in the past?

Yep. I don't really understand this notion that the LINC is somehow unreliable. Very few have failed.

-Charles

[gary s]

It will be a problem when Nautique's support ends,but like with the GT40's ECM's someone will step up to the plate I'm sure,it will just take some time. It's a problem in the automotive field as well,my Dad had a Lincoln with the digital dash- it went completely down. Lincoln said sorry we do not have the parts to fix. I got on line and found a repair shop- I removed the gauge cluster,sent it in and 4 days later it was back in hand. The only problem with this,Ford built almost a half million of those cars so the probability of one being bad was greater so the market was there. There will be less linc's going bad so maybe like the ECM's it will be a more grass roots fix

[Nautiquehunter]

I agree with scottb7 When thease boats are 10-20 years and still look and operate like new I feel it will be the eletronics that will be the problem.

[j2nh]

I love the Linc for Zero off. Many options plain to see and easy to teach and learn for drivers with less experience with the Linc system. I do not, and never will, like the unnecessary options unrelated to the engine or speed control management being integrated into it. Simple is ALWAYS easier. A button for seat heater, a button for interior lights, a button for the heater. Faster, simpler and ultimately safer.