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Only saw a couple of threads from 10 yrs ago, so I thought I'd check in on any opinions on current units etc.

Back when I owned TowBoat US we had early model Flir units that worked reasonably well.
Especially when we had to extract a vessel from a reef or the surf at night.

My 20-year-old daughter who worked summers as a licensed capt. While on break from college told me (tongue in cheek) that she could watch people having sex in their cabins at night.

Donmystic1 wrote:Back when I owned TowBoat US we had early model Flir units that worked reasonably well.
Especially when we had to extract a vessel from a reef or the surf at night.

My 20-year-old daughter who worked summers as a licensed capt. While on break from college told me (tongue in cheek) that she could watch people having sex in their cabins at night.

ob boy...word on that gets out it will be like the run on VCR's...or betamax back in the 70's? 80's.

I put the base model on Alchemy a couple years ago. It is very, very helpful at night and low vis situations. I can confirm you can see through a hull and register heat signatures in the right conditions, and that implants give off a different heat signature...

Ricky,
I saw a unit on Brewsters boat up in Montauk in 07 and it was clear. Great for MOB.

As part of my Raymarine Axiom Pro system, I have a FLIR M232 camera. In my particular use case (lots of small islands, night, flotsam and jetsam) it is far more useful than radar.

Cheers!

John

We've had a FLIR on our '31 for three years, camera mounted just below radar for same image. Also used one on our FD rescue boat. With a split screen, keep radar overlay on chart plotter on once side, and FLIR image on the other - incredible detail. Starboard quarter Essex 090218