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Captain Tim Dean has been running Calypso Fishing Adventures in the productive waters between Port Stephens and Cairns, Australia for over 25 years. “My clients come from all around the world to fish here in Australia, predominantly on the Great Barrier Reef chasing giant black marlin,” he says.
Captain Dean's boat, the Calypso is a 47-foot O'Brien and it is loaded with the latest Raymarine and FLIR technology. Tim explains how all of this technology gives him and his clients the confidence to catch the biggest of fish.
Captain Tim Dean's boat, Calypso is a 47-foot O'Brien and it is loaded with the latest Raymarine and FLIR technology including Axiom +, Axiom 2 Pro and Axiom 2 XL multifunction displays, RVM1600 CHIRP sonar module with RealVision MAX, Cyclone Pro Radar, and a FLIR M232 thermal camera.
Why FLIR and Raymarine? Because, according to Captain Tim, no other manufacturer delivers better technology for increasing situational awareness and heightened fishing intelligence. “I’ve travelled a lot of miles ad it’s never let me down – and I like coming home”
“CHIRP equipment is a game changer, especially for that inshore shallow water... you’re marking individual fish; the stuff’s that good,” he says. “You can count how many fish are swimming around a reef. I’m running four screens up there, so I’ve got it pretty well covered. I’ll run low-frequency (50 kHz) CHIRP, then I’ll run my chartplotter on my big screen next to my 200 kHz (high-frequency CHIRP). At the touch of the screen I can move them anywhere I want. There’s nothing that can swim under, around, beside, behind this boat we won’t know it’s there. When a fish rolls past the sounder, I just touch the screen and it pops up on my GPS where that fish is. Even if I miss that fish, I can scroll back through the data and through the screen on the sounder... I could have run over a fish five minutes ago and I can touch his position and it will tell me where he was.
“People often ask, what’s the one thing you need to catch the biggest fish that swims?” says Dean. “The answer should be confidence. With Raymarine, I’m confident every time I leave the dock.”
16, 19, 22, and 24-inch premium, glass bridge chartplotters with advanced networking and video integration capabilities.
CHIRP sonar module with RealVision MAX and 1kW broadband CHIRP
110 Watt open array with CHIRP Pulse Compression technology. Available with your choice of a 3, 4, or 6-foot antenna array. This powerful 110-watt solid-state radar is equivalent to a 12kW magnetron radar, offering extended range performance up to 96 NM.
Incorporating 320 x 240 thermal resolution, Ethernet connectivity, and digital zoom, the M232 makes it easy to upgrade your helm with FLIR thermal vision.
Autopilot for large powerboats with hydraulic steering
