am considering buying a gps would like advise on best for price for coastal waters <<
depends on your needs, wants and expectations. A friend just uses an old Garmin 12XL with his charts. Sails the Bahamas for months on end. I've also sold the big screen, pricey Garmins to folks who liked the image, but used it as a status symbol. You need to be more specific...like, do you want just a GPS, or a chartplotter model?? Color or B&W?? Harvey/Ga M-17 Stargazer #294
Having had some experience using several brands of hand held GPS sets in my aitplane, Garmin would be my first choice from the standpoint of being user friendly. It is readily apparent with most of the GPS user manuals, Garmin included, that the author's first language was not English! The Garmin 48 is waterproof, easy to use, and relatively inexpensive. The least user friendly GPS I have used was made by Lowrance. Clarence Andrews ----- Original Message ----- From: "Harvey Wilson" <HarveyWilson@compuserve.com> To: "For and about Montgomery Sailboats" <montgomery_boats@mailman.xmission.com> Sent: Tuesday, February 17, 2004 10:37 PM Subject: M_Boats: gps question
am considering buying a gps would like advise on best for price for coastal waters <<
depends on your needs, wants and expectations. A friend just uses an old Garmin 12XL with his charts. Sails the Bahamas for months on end. I've also sold the big screen, pricey Garmins to folks who liked the image, but used it as a status symbol. You need to be more specific...like, do you want just a GPS, or a chartplotter model?? Color or B&W?? Harvey/Ga M-17 Stargazer #294 _______________________________________________ http://mailman.xmission.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/montgomery_boats
I have used a Garmin 48XL for years both on my M23 and now on my Nonsuch. It is easy to interface with and waterproof. Dick
Clarence Andrews ----- Original Message ----- From: "Harvey Wilson" <HarveyWilson@compuserve.com> To: "For and about Montgomery Sailboats" <montgomery_boats@mailman.xmission.com> Sent: Tuesday, February 17, 2004 10:37 PM Subject: M_Boats: gps question
am considering buying a gps
would like advise on best for price for coastal waters <<
depends on your needs, wants and expectations.
A friend just uses an old Garmin 12XL with his charts. Sails the Bahamas for months on end. I've also sold the big screen, pricey Garmins to folks who liked the image, but used it as a status symbol.
You need to be more specific...like, do you want just a GPS, or a chartplotter model??
Color or B&W??
Harvey/Ga
M-17 Stargazer #294
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Number 1 feature...it should float. Vince Himsl DUET (with Palm Pilot at bottom of Snake River)
Waterproof would be good too. Actually, for a handheld, I was thinking of rain, fog and spills, not submersion. Spray isn't a problem in the M-boats. Bill Riker M15 #184 Storm Petrel -----Original Message----- From: montgomery_boats-bounces+wriker=mindspring.com@mailman.xmission.com [mailto:montgomery_boats-bounces+wriker=mindspring.com@mailman.xmission.com] On Behalf Of Vince Himsl Sent: Wednesday, February 18, 2004 11:31 AM To: 'For and about Montgomery Sailboats' Subject: RE: M_Boats: gps question Number 1 feature...it should float. Vince Himsl DUET (with Palm Pilot at bottom of Snake River) _______________________________________________ http://mailman.xmission.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/montgomery_boats
Right on, Vince! On Wednesday, February 18, 2004, at 08:31 AM, Vince Himsl wrote:
Number 1 feature...it should float.
Vince Himsl DUET (with Palm Pilot at bottom of Snake River)
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