After my transducer died last season, I intended to simply replace the transducer and keep my Raymarine C80 setup. One thing led to another and I upgraded my system to the Raymarine a97 MFD and color radar package during the spring sales at Defender and West Marine. The cut-out for the a97 was smaller than the C80 so I called FW parts to see if I could get a new uncut guage panel....but it is NLA. I had a local sign shop make a black, beveled panel to fit over the C80 cut out and allow for a fairly clean install of the new GPS. Overall, I am happy with the way the project turned out. Running the new xducer cable and radar cable was not difficult at all. I did look at the new GARMIN units but the GARMIN rep was offering no sales incentives so I decided to go with the Raymarine touch screen model. Some pictures of the install....
