Also Sprach Short Wave Sportfishing :

Being a person who wouldn't own a Garmin anything even if you paid me,
the 72 is actually a glorified compass like the Magellan 300 series?

Well, a little better than that. It does have a plotter screen, so you
can display your course and record your tracks, and it does have a larger,
higher resolution screen than some of Garmin's other handheld units, but
no mapping.

BTW, I personally give Garmin two thumbs up. My GPSMap 176c has been
very reliable, and Garmin sent me a free Bluecharts CD when they released
a newer version than the one I bought. My only real complaint is that
their blank data cards are WAY too friggin expensive. I mean, a 32mb
Garmin cart costs around 60 bucks, while I can buy a 1 gig compactflash
card for $67.

Dan

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There is no substitute for good manners, except perhaps fast reflexes.