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If you had a blank slate what electronics would you install today? Think suitable for single and short handed sailing including offshore and keeping it budget friendly. Would you have a PC with OpenCPN and build a system or buy a brand based system with an MFD? All individual components or some that do a combo like a VHF with AIS and GPS? What would you have for redundancy/backups? Wifi or wired wind sensor?
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I am fairly new to sailing and am trying to figure out what I need to connect a radar, and auto pilot and other devices to my laptop and then to connect them to OpenCPN (Cables and other devices needed). I have been playing with it a little on my desktop, but will be digging out the laptop and installing it on there soon. I have a Garmin GPS 12 and the USB/Serial adaptor needed to connect it, but so far that is the only thing I really have to connect anything. I have purchased a Used 4kw radar dome and Raymarine RL70CRC Plus and another display device and it should be here in a few days. I h