3 is overkill... that is why I have 4 aboard.... and another for land
based activity.

back in the days when dinosaurs ruled the earth and GPSs were expensive
and Lorans where not accurate in the Bahamas, I lost my only GPS due to
a lightning storm on my first day of a long trip...I enjoyed trying to
do plots in 3-5 ft seas while going 20+ kts. We all survived and had a
great time but I now have 2 GPS plotters, one hand held plotter and an
additional GPS that came with this boat (I use it as a tide chart and
clock but it's there just in case the other three die)

BTW.. I ALWAYS have the hand held NOT hooked up to any power, etc just
incase I get into another lightning storm and loose my whole dash again.



Larry wrote:
"b393capt" wrote in
oups.com:


Can I make a good case for installing a 2nd GPS antenna at the helm
E-80?


There's two on Lionheart. One is the Raymarine Raystar 120 hooked to the
RL-70CRC color radar's plotter and the other is the old trusty Garmin 185
chart plotter right next to it. The antennas are safely tucked away
between the hand crank for the traveler and the port side of the hard top,
not out where the excitable crew will get a line wrapped around the domes
and tear them off inadvertently. They both work great through the
fiberglass hard top on the center cockpit.

There's usually 2 or 3 handhelds aboard, plus the one in the 406 Mhz EPIRB
in the ditch bag, just in case.

You can't have too many GPSs aboard, even the oldest ones made work great
with no selective availability to screw them.