A boat we met in the Chesapeak told us this story. He was up cruising Maine last summer and his radar unit went out. He called Raymarine and they said it would be about 3 months to fix it as they had laid off their tech people because of the economy. Was he PO'ed. He ended up to have radar bought a new unit that required having to pull the mast because of a new wiring harness. Don't remember what he bought; probably RM because most likely he had one of the one system does it all.

Go Figure.
Fair Winds