Rich Hampel wrote:
Brian is correct .....
NO GPS can 'see' through steel or fiberglass, etc. The antenna MUST
have a clear unobstructed view of the satelites .... no wet sail, no
leaves, no roofs, no dodger or bimini, no steel panels.

In article , Denis
Marier wrote:


Last week end we were out all night in a steel cabin cruiser.
The onboard navigation equipment worked well. The handheld Garmin GPS did
not work inside. As for the Magellan Gold it did the job good. My friend
had to stay close to the glass windows. My question is if one has to pick
up an handheld GPS which one will it be?


begin 666 Denis.vcf


When our skipper bought a Mirage 33 sailboat, it came with a Garmin 75
(I believe a 1993 model) That thing was expensive in it's day...about
$1k CDN but you could unscrew the stubby antenna and hook up the unit to
a cable attached to a bigger antenna mounted on the stern rail while you
were in the cabin.