This was REALLY FREAKING INFORMATIVE. Simplified instruction and to the point. I am a new boat owner of a couple of weeks, I have a Radar, but a little overwhelmed to use all the features. I dont even know how to turn it on. lol. This gave me some comfort and I cant wait to try it out. Thank you Nick. Im sure ill be reaching out to you more
Absolutely man! Feel free to reach out anytime if I can help! My full time job is being a yacht broker so it is literally my job to help people in the boating world haha my phone number is 321-720-7115
@@NickOlinde - I applied alot of what you instructed and was able to see that everything works. Thanks again. I m having trouble getting my releif shading and Satellite view to show. I installed the Navionics vision + and the only new tile that show is releif shading and Rastor when i click on the releif shading tile, the only thing that shows is the regular nav chart screen. Any Ideas how to get the releif shading and satelite to show on the display?
@@jeremyhorner428 Hey man. My phone number is in my original response. Shoot me a quick text or call and I am more than happy to help in any way that I can and show you how to do it all.
Best Marine radar tutorial I've seen. Thank you. I'm a commercial pilot with FedEx and we make more use of our weather radar (Airborne Wx Radar) (AWR) to fly around thunderstorms and adverse Wx conditions. We also have (PAR) Precision Approach Radars for navigation. We are also in constant contact with ATC and they advise us when another aircraft is in our vicinity. Next month I'm taking delivery on a 2022 Boston Whaler 240 Dauntless and it's fully equipped with a Garmin electronics package. I'm in Southwest Florida (Naples).
Yo Bro! Great Radar 101. I'm investigating getting a sail boat so I'm trying to learn as much as possible. You kept it as simple as I need for my self knowledge. Just subscribed!
Thank you for simplifying to do’s and not to do’s. It would be super helpful to walk us slowly through some basic important control settings like lowering the screen backlight - setting your ring ranges - overlays on charts - side by side setting for chart and radar. Really appreciate your videos , super helpful! Thank You Nick!
Nice video. I love the light discipline. As a former Destroyer Navigator and OOD I am not sure I completely agree with just primarily using radar. I would probably do 70 percent eyes and 30 percent looking for lights etc. At least that would be the case on a destroyer. Well even less radar on a destroyer. But maybe it’s different on a smaller yacht.
Excellent video, thank you so much for sharing. We are new to using radar. And from what we've seen and used of it, we love it. With that in combination with AIS is a game changer.
That's a great vid mate. I'll have a radar on my new boat in a couple of months, and wasnt really sure itd be useful, but i guess it will! We dont get the same level of traffic in Australia that youd get, but seeing markers etc. will be nice too. Thank you.
Great video. I live in Indialantic and its nice to see a video done in the area.. I have a 2023 Sea Hunt GF27 that I an looking to add a Garmin radar to.
Can you pick up running through the mine field of lobster pots in the Indian River, was going out one night, glad I didn't, because haven't been out there in awhile & decided to wait for first light, glad I did, would of hit every lobster pot out there since alot of them even in daylight were hard to see, not marked very well or neglected !
Ohhhh now that is a hard one haha on a nice calm night a good radar will pick them. If it is choppy then they tend to just get lost in the clutter. They are definitely a mine field and this time of year light is your friend haha I have hit lord knows how many of those things haha
Great video. Had a night boating experience that was not fun and the next purchase we made was RADAR. Question: can you have the Chart/RADAR overlay with a slit screen for a night vision camera as well? Thanks for sharing your insights.
Great video, thanks for posting. When heading out from my marina i come into a bay where there are numerous lobster pots. any way to pick up those buoys and if so what do they look like on the screen.
Yes, a high powered radar will find a lobster buoy up no problem. You might have to turn the gain up a little. HOWEVER, this is in flat water. If it is really choppy conditions and the buoys are just mixed in with the waves then you better be able to see where you are going.
Good video. I'd like to point how difficult it is to understand the nature and direction of vessels at night, when various working, deck and hotel lights aboard obscure the NAV lights. I've seen this on tugs, tows, barges, fishing vessels and cargo ships. AIS is very helpful, in most cases, but fishing vessels and law enforcement/military often don't use AIS, RADAR helps solve the mystery lights.
You have a great talent for explaining yourself intelligently and with confidence awesome video I'm looking into a system for my little center console whaler I swear I've taken years off my life and my eyes navigating at night without it
Awesome video man, thank you! I just got my new Garmins hooked up today and I’m new to the radar part of it, the boat is currently still in the driveway so of course I’m looking at a clump of houses on the screen, can’t wait to get it on the slip May 1st. I’m in new england so we’re seasonal unfortunately.
I can hear the outboards kicking in when you are stationary, is that some kind of "station keeping"/"DP" you have active? Looks like a great boat! Thank you for making this video, really helpful!
I appreciate it man! I try to make my videos helpful! And yes! We have the SeaStar Optimus system on our boat so I was using the spot lock feature in this video. It keeps the boat in a single location without having to use an anchor.
If you have a lighting source on the boat like a high power LED do you use that well running to see in the direction that you’re moving or does that hurt your ability to see other things off the port and starboard side?
Absolutely not and it is even illegal to do so. While it does help you, it blinds any other boats around you and destroys the “night vision” of their captains. As someone who runs a lot at night, it is very annoying and also very dangerous when someone comes running in front of you with a giant LED light bar on or something.
And I think that is smart. I definitely still use my spotlight to help find objects when I need to but am quick with it and turn it back off once I find what I need.
That depends on a lot of things like where you are. In the ocean I would set it to have one range running from 6-8 miles and then another somewhere in the 1-3 mile range. If I am running through the river. I have it at like .5-1 mile so I can actually see everything.
@nickolinde1834 Sorry, I didn't communicate that well. I meant running offshore after breaking the inlet. If I understand you correctly, in this case you would run a split radar screen. One set at 6-8 and another at 1-3 miles. Intercoastal, obviously set it tight.
@@joed4715 Yes, and that is just a generalization and really is depends on how comfortable you are with your radar. For most people I recommend having one radar in tighter (3 or so miles) to see any immediate obstacles and then another one out far to see any weather or anything extended out far. My personal recommendation. I personally will occasionally only run with my 12 mile radar and then zoom in when I see something but that just depends on the circumstances.
I'm currently helping my family look at a new center console. Obviously i'm sure you would recommend Garmin since thats what you use but how do you feel about Simrad and Furuno? My family has a ton of Garmin products including GPS handhelds and watches. As of right now Garmin is mainly what we are looking at but I figured I would asj anyway
Ehh a lot of that comes down to personal preference. I think Garmin is hands down the easiest to use the most reliable. I have never been big on Simrad products, but their new radar is amazing. I have always like Furuno and some of our boats had Furuno. Garmin is the go to right now though.
Fun fact #1 : ships in the old days didn't have radar, they had good sailors. Fun fact #2 : those ships got wrecked a lot. And I mean A LOT. And that's with "analogue" sailors of experience the likes of which we shall never see again.
WARNING! To rely only on radar works only for places where there is no net fishing or crabbing going on! Nets and crab pots will not show up on radar. In Asia, Southamerica and Africa fishing vessels often are poorly lighted or sometimes not at all! also on river delta’s where there is a danger of dead heats floating, radar will not keep you safe! So use his advice with a grain of salt!😉 For the 80% of Americans believing they are sole occupants of planet earth, his advice however is however accurate, as long as they not accidentally cross the Mexican border!🤣🤣🤣🤣
I am actually going to second this one! A radar is not going to help you with net fishing and all those activities. The radar is designed to avoid obstacles above the water. I do my boating in south Florida and the Caribbean where none of the mentioned things are an issue and I realize that most of my followers are in a similar situation to me. I appreciate you adding the context because the radar is very useful for navigating around basic obstructions in the water, but absolutely useless against the mentioned hazards. People in those areas need to know better! Also, I see your username is Samaipata4756. I frequent a tiny town in the mountains of Bolivia called Samaipata. Does your username have any relation to that same place?!
@@NickOlinde Hi Nick, well what a surprise, yes, I do have a connection to Samaipata. I participated with the Bolivian Archeological Society in some excavations in the early 80’s
@@samaipata4756 No way! It's a small world. My wife is Bolivian and from Santa Cruz. We go down there quite a bit and usually take go and spend a couple days in Samaipata to relax a little. I absolutely love it there. I get the same feeling in Samaipata that I get in the Bahamas where nothing else in the outside world matters. I usually stay at El Pueblito when I go. I want to buy some land there in the future too.
I am here to be informational and help others. If you do not approve of the way that I talk then please do not watch my videos. I am unsure of why that comment is even necessary. Having local knowledge is huge in waterways, especially busy and tricky ones. Local knowledge paired with knowing how to properly read water, use a radar, read charts, and navigate safety is a recipe for a success. While not everything, local knowledge is giant to have and why pilots even exist.
This was REALLY FREAKING INFORMATIVE. Simplified instruction and to the point. I am a new boat owner of a couple of weeks, I have a Radar, but a little overwhelmed to use all the features. I dont even know how to turn it on. lol. This gave me some comfort and I cant wait to try it out. Thank you Nick. Im sure ill be reaching out to you more
Absolutely man! Feel free to reach out anytime if I can help! My full time job is being a yacht broker so it is literally my job to help people in the boating world haha my phone number is 321-720-7115
@@NickOlinde - I applied alot of what you instructed and was able to see that everything works. Thanks again. I m having trouble getting my releif shading and Satellite view to show. I installed the Navionics vision + and the only new tile that show is releif shading and Rastor when i click on the releif shading tile, the only thing that shows is the regular nav chart screen. Any Ideas how to get the releif shading and satelite to show on the display?
@@jeremyhorner428 Hey man. My phone number is in my original response. Shoot me a quick text or call and I am more than happy to help in any way that I can and show you how to do it all.
Best Marine radar tutorial I've seen. Thank you. I'm a commercial pilot with FedEx and we make more use of our weather radar (Airborne Wx Radar) (AWR) to fly around thunderstorms and adverse Wx conditions. We also have (PAR) Precision Approach Radars for navigation. We are also in constant contact with ATC and they advise us when another aircraft is in our vicinity. Next month I'm taking delivery on a 2022 Boston Whaler 240 Dauntless and it's fully equipped with a Garmin electronics package. I'm in Southwest Florida (Naples).
Great boat
My new boat will have radar and this was a great video to get an idea of what to expect.
Glad I could help! Please let me know if I can help with anything else!
Yo Bro! Great Radar 101. I'm investigating getting a sail boat so I'm trying to learn as much as possible. You kept it as simple as I need for my self knowledge. Just subscribed!
I appreciate the kind words and support! Let me know if you ever have any questions!
Thanks for posting this. Great video. I found it very helpful.
Thank you for the kind words!
Thank you for simplifying to do’s and not to do’s. It would be super helpful to walk us slowly through some basic important control settings like lowering the screen backlight - setting your ring ranges - overlays on charts - side by side setting for chart and radar. Really appreciate your videos , super helpful! Thank You Nick!
Of course! and I can definitely do that in a future video!
Great video. I used to live in Indialantic on the river while working in IHB. I remember Dragon Point very well right off of the Eau Gallie Cswy.
Very nice! Do you still come back to the area at all?
I used to come down every month or so but now it's annually. Great area to be in.
Nick - really great video. I'm buying a new boat with radar and it will be my first radar. Very helpful.
Thank you for the kind words. What kind of boat are you getting? A radar is an awesome tool to have
@@NickOlinde - just took delivery of Sportsman 302 open.
@@MoviesSamThats awesome! Feel free to reach out if I can ever be a resource. nickolinde@me.com
Doppler radar paints oncoming targets red and departing targets green. Very useful especially for recreational boater. Highly recommended.
Nice video. I love the light discipline. As a former Destroyer Navigator and OOD I am not sure I completely agree with just primarily using radar. I would probably do 70 percent eyes and 30 percent looking for lights etc. At least that would be the case on a destroyer. Well even less radar on a destroyer. But maybe it’s different on a smaller yacht.
That is awesome and I dream of one day having your experience. I actually agree with you, but as the USCG rules read they LOVE the radar haha
I need a class like this how to read a fish finder. Great video thanks.
I can make that happen!
Just recently found your channel. Great video keep them coming.
Thank you Brian! I have some more good video ideas coming!
Big help! Thanks a bunch. Simple and to the point. Subscribed
I appreciate it! Feel free to comment anymore boating videos that you would like to see!
Just picked up a new to me boat with radar. Thank you for helping me to figure it out.
Absolutely man! If you ever need any help feel free to reach out to me personally
Excellent video, thank you so much for sharing. We are new to using radar. And from what we've seen and used of it, we love it. With that in combination with AIS is a game changer.
Thank you. The Radar is one of the most useful tools that you can have on a boat. It is an amazing resource.
That's a great vid mate. I'll have a radar on my new boat in a couple of months, and wasnt really sure itd be useful, but i guess it will! We dont get the same level of traffic in Australia that youd get, but seeing markers etc. will be nice too. Thank you.
I recommend a radar to everyone so I definitely think that you will find it useful!
Great video. I live in Indialantic and its nice to see a video done in the area.. I have a 2023 Sea Hunt GF27 that I an looking to add a Garmin radar to.
Nice! Let me know if you ever need anything, I’d love to help!
Great advise:
Semper Paratus - always prepared!
Can you pick up running through the mine field of lobster pots in the Indian River, was going out one night, glad I didn't, because haven't been out there in awhile & decided to wait for first light, glad I did, would of hit every lobster pot out there since alot of them even in daylight were hard to see, not marked very well or neglected !
Ohhhh now that is a hard one haha on a nice calm night a good radar will pick them. If it is choppy then they tend to just get lost in the clutter. They are definitely a mine field and this time of year light is your friend haha I have hit lord knows how many of those things haha
very nice presentation sir... one can learn on it. does your radar pick school of fish also? thanks.
Thank you! and I wish!!!! Sadly the radar can only see what is above the water. OMNI sonar is a thing though.... but that is for a whole other video
Really appreciate this video! Very well done. Thank you.
Absolutely! I appreciate the kind words!
Great video and informative!!! Thank you
I appreciate that! I do my best to be a resource!
Thank you! great info! sick boat
Great video. Had a night boating experience that was not fun and the next purchase we made was RADAR. Question: can you have the Chart/RADAR overlay with a slit screen for a night vision camera as well? Thanks for sharing your insights.
Yes you can. My Garmin has an infrared night vision camera split screen with my navigation charts.
Great video, thanks for posting. When heading out from my marina i come into a bay where there are numerous lobster pots. any way to pick up those buoys and if so what do they look like on the screen.
Yes, a high powered radar will find a lobster buoy up no problem. You might have to turn the gain up a little. HOWEVER, this is in flat water. If it is really choppy conditions and the buoys are just mixed in with the waves then you better be able to see where you are going.
Fantastic video!! Thank you very much!
Thank you for the kind words!
Good video. I'd like to point how difficult it is to understand the nature and direction of vessels at night, when various working, deck and hotel lights aboard obscure the NAV lights. I've seen this on tugs, tows, barges, fishing vessels and cargo ships. AIS is very helpful, in most cases, but fishing vessels and law enforcement/military often don't use AIS, RADAR helps solve the mystery lights.
I completely agree!
Best video I’ve seen, Thanks.
Thank you! I appreciate the kind words!
You have a great talent for explaining yourself intelligently and with confidence awesome video I'm looking into a system for my little center console whaler I swear I've taken years off my life and my eyes navigating at night without it
I appreciate the kind words! Haha yea, having a radar is a very welcomed upgrade haha next step is a Flir! haha
Keep doing what you are doing ... really appreciate you!
Thank you Ken! I appreciate it!
Very informational sir!!!Thank you!
Of course! Let me know if there is anything in particular you want to see
Awesome video man, thank you! I just got my new Garmins hooked up today and I’m new to the radar part of it, the boat is currently still in the driveway so of course I’m looking at a clump of houses on the screen, can’t wait to get it on the slip May 1st. I’m in new england so we’re seasonal unfortunately.
How did the radar work out for you?!
Great vid. Thanks for making it.
Thank you for the kind words! Of course!
I can hear the outboards kicking in when you are stationary, is that some kind of "station keeping"/"DP" you have active? Looks like a great boat! Thank you for making this video, really helpful!
I appreciate it man! I try to make my videos helpful! And yes! We have the SeaStar Optimus system on our boat so I was using the spot lock feature in this video. It keeps the boat in a single location without having to use an anchor.
No waffle just good informative information . Thanks
Absolutely!
If you have a lighting source on the boat like a high power LED do you use that well running to see in the direction that you’re moving or does that hurt your ability to see other things off the port and starboard side?
Absolutely not and it is even illegal to do so. While it does help you, it blinds any other boats around you and destroys the “night vision” of their captains. As someone who runs a lot at night, it is very annoying and also very dangerous when someone comes running in front of you with a giant LED light bar on or something.
@@NickOlinde Thanks Nick. Good to know. I would really only use my LED lamp to quickly identify a channel marker or an obstacle in the water.
And I think that is smart. I definitely still use my spotlight to help find objects when I need to but am quick with it and turn it back off once I find what I need.
Great video, very helpful. If you were running your CC at 20-30kts at night, how far out would you set your radar?
That depends on a lot of things like where you are. In the ocean I would set it to have one range running from 6-8 miles and then another somewhere in the 1-3 mile range. If I am running through the river. I have it at like .5-1 mile so I can actually see everything.
@nickolinde1834 Sorry, I didn't communicate that well. I meant running offshore after breaking the inlet. If I understand you correctly, in this case you would run a split radar screen. One set at 6-8 and another at 1-3 miles. Intercoastal, obviously set it tight.
@@joed4715 Yes, and that is just a generalization and really is depends on how comfortable you are with your radar. For most people I recommend having one radar in tighter (3 or so miles) to see any immediate obstacles and then another one out far to see any weather or anything extended out far. My personal recommendation. I personally will occasionally only run with my 12 mile radar and then zoom in when I see something but that just depends on the circumstances.
Thank you soooooooooo much for the great info .👍
Happy to help!
Great information thanks for sharing.
I appreciate the kind words!
I'm currently helping my family look at a new center console. Obviously i'm sure you would recommend Garmin since thats what you use but how do you feel about Simrad and Furuno? My family has a ton of Garmin products including GPS handhelds and watches. As of right now Garmin is mainly what we are looking at but I figured I would asj anyway
Ehh a lot of that comes down to personal preference. I think Garmin is hands down the easiest to use the most reliable. I have never been big on Simrad products, but their new radar is amazing. I have always like Furuno and some of our boats had Furuno. Garmin is the go to right now though.
@@NickOlinde Thanks for the response! I've also heard that Garmin is extremely user friendly which is great. Thanks for the info!
Good video! Thanks!
Thank you! I appreciate the support!
What model garmin radar are you using?
4' xHD2
Fun fact #1 : ships in the old days didn't have radar, they had good sailors.
Fun fact #2 : those ships got wrecked a lot. And I mean A LOT.
And that's with "analogue" sailors of experience the likes of which we shall never see again.
Haha this comment made me laugh
That's why modern day biat very aafe
@@sharonbraselton3135 Radar, Sonar, Radio, Instant Weather, GPS Charts. Five tools that have lessened the horrors of teh seas.
@@darthkek1953 wrong b.
@@sharonbraselton3135 OK Boomer.
Great tutorial! Sub'd!
great advice here
Just trying to spread my knowledge!
great video thanks bra
Appreciate the kind words!
Lesson learned, never run a boat under low light conditions (night, foggy) since I don't have a radar on my boat.
I could not agree more. Night vision is great and a radar is better
Now I know I need a radar
I think every large proper boat should have one!
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I am a little confused gaha
WARNING! To rely only on radar works only for places where there is no net fishing or crabbing going on! Nets and crab pots will not show up on radar. In Asia, Southamerica and Africa fishing vessels often are poorly lighted or sometimes not at all! also on river delta’s where there is a danger of dead heats floating, radar will not keep you safe! So use his advice with a grain of salt!😉 For the 80% of Americans believing they are sole occupants of planet earth, his advice however is however accurate, as long as they not accidentally cross the Mexican border!🤣🤣🤣🤣
I am actually going to second this one! A radar is not going to help you with net fishing and all those activities. The radar is designed to avoid obstacles above the water. I do my boating in south Florida and the Caribbean where none of the mentioned things are an issue and I realize that most of my followers are in a similar situation to me. I appreciate you adding the context because the radar is very useful for navigating around basic obstructions in the water, but absolutely useless against the mentioned hazards. People in those areas need to know better!
Also, I see your username is Samaipata4756. I frequent a tiny town in the mountains of Bolivia called Samaipata. Does your username have any relation to that same place?!
@@NickOlinde Hi Nick, well what a surprise, yes, I do have a connection to Samaipata. I participated with the Bolivian Archeological Society in some excavations in the early 80’s
@@samaipata4756 No way! It's a small world. My wife is Bolivian and from Santa Cruz. We go down there quite a bit and usually take go and spend a couple days in Samaipata to relax a little. I absolutely love it there. I get the same feeling in Samaipata that I get in the Bahamas where nothing else in the outside world matters. I usually stay at El Pueblito when I go. I want to buy some land there in the future too.
Good video... but you don't speak well. Also don't count on your "local knowledge"
I am here to be informational and help others. If you do not approve of the way that I talk then please do not watch my videos. I am unsure of why that comment is even necessary.
Having local knowledge is huge in waterways, especially busy and tricky ones. Local knowledge paired with knowing how to properly read water, use a radar, read charts, and navigate safety is a recipe for a success. While not everything, local knowledge is giant to have and why pilots even exist.
You're an idiot. Don't ever comment on a UA-cam video again.
Easy radar and a flir.
Yea! Flir is the next step to really make it easy haha