I'm looking to buy a handheld GPS unit. This I think I know. I want a handheld so I can use it in the car and other boats. After that things start getting a little fuzzy. GPS unit vs. chartplotter? What do you get on these units? Do you just get a way to get a fix for a paper chart or is the chart itself in the GPS? For example I found this Garmin GPS 76 for $200. Sounds ok. They say its 1 megabyte of storage is preloaded with nautical navigation aids and is perfect for downloading detail from Garmin's line of MapSource CD-ROMs. The software, for example, the Hudson River, is another $150. Is this right? I invest $350 to replace $30 worth of paper charts? And everyone says you better have the paper ones as backup. If I'm correct here, do people share software or does eveyone invest in thier own copy? Now I've taken all the Power Squadron's navigational courses, but I've never liked the drudgery of paper chart navigation. So I thought that having a computer to do all this would be great, but not at the expense of my next boat. Please tell me a better way. Rick Langer M15 #337 Sialia