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New Electronics HELP for Sovran 45
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Good evening, looking to see if I can get some feedback or recommendations for new electronics I am considering for my new Sovran 45 with Volvo IPS600's

Current Setup
2- 7212 Garmin chartplotters
Garmin AP with GHC10 controller
Garmin GMI10
Clarion Radio
24" Array HD radar

I mostly enjoy cruising, bahamas, ICW, Keys, etc  with occasional fishing. So I was thinking of the following

1-1243xsv chartplotter
1-1243 chartplotter........could feed off the xsv for sonar
1=Garmin Reactor 40 Steer by wire AP with a GHC50 controller
1-Fusion RA770 Stereo

My questions are the following.

1. Is the 1243xsv built in sonar sufficient for what I am currently doing or am i better off going with a GSD26 remote sounder and a new transducer

2. Should I add a new transducer regardless of the sonar I get.

3. Am I better off with the 8612 chartplotters is the extra $1000 ea worth it, again being that this is a cruiser and not so much for fishing.

Any help on me making a decision would be greatly appreciated..

By the way keeping the same array radar....it should be enough.

Thanks,

Luis
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I had a set of 8612's on my last 41 and they were very quick it updating the screens. Radar and transducer were plug and play without any extra black boxes. For just cruising I would not change out the transducer.
Sans Peur 2003 Tiara 50 Open
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