She comes out on Thursday, chasing the wind as long as I can

Hey guys, I made a little video of life onboard a wooden ship sailing around the Scottish Isles. Just a passion project, thought it might be interesting to the sub. Cheers!

I race to get the bulkheads framed and ready to go before the epoxy resin arrives.

I sail a Laser and a couple of other small dinghy classes. We have year-round sailing, but wetsuit material is required if air temps are below 55 degrees. Winter water temps are typically in the high 50s.

I checked out sailing gear and it's crazy expensive. I don't need a $600 neoprene winter setup for what, will be at most maybe 15 days of use every winter. What other brands should I be checking out that will work well and don't have the "sailing" markup?

Im looking at getting a new Radar and chart plotter for my hunter and am looking for advise from people with first hand experience. I just replaced the wheel autopilot with a raymarine and I have a Garmin chart plotter thats about 3 years old. My issue is I would like to be able to chart my course for the auto pilot on my chart plotter. If that weren't a issue I would just keep my current chart plotter and get a Garmin radar.

Ideally I would like to get a simrad setup but that goes back to Autopilot compatibility issue. So that leaves me with going all raymarine. My question is should I go with all raymarine or should I go with simrad or go the cheapest option and just get a Garmin radar. What are your experiences with these brands radars? Which route would be best? Ultimately safety is priority, I dont want to keep getting lost in the fog not knowing whats around me.