Ryk wrote:

On Tue, 15 Aug 2006 16:42:55 GMT, in message

Rosalie B. wrote:

One thing that I do for my husband that you might do for yourself is
to put a route or previous track on the computer. The routing is a
big blue line, and it is pretty easy to whether the ship is on the
route or not. If it is in the ICW or someplace where we have been
before, and where the route twists and turns a lot, I put the previous
track (which I have saved) up on the computer.

Unless the screen shots are magnified, that's a pretty big screen
compared to the GPS 76. Does the colour help a lot in darkness?

Ryk

It's a regular laptop screen - I just measured this one and it is
8"x11" and I think the one pictured is about the same (can't remember
which one it was).

We have two old Garmin GPSs which have a very small screen and only
one of them has ATONs on it. They are both LCD.

Yes the color does help. Bob complains if I put the night colors on
because it washes the colors out.

http://p.vtourist.com/1492883-Bob_at...Indian_Key.jpg
This is Bob at the helm. You can see the back of the autopilot on the
left, and the GPS is clipped to the top of the binnacle.

http://p.vtourist.com/1493295-Bob_si...ional_Park.jpg
This is Bob sitting on the side of the cockpit. In this one you can
see the front of the GPS and the radar, and Bob has his back leaning
on the computer box (the computer is just dimly visible inside there.
The trackball is up on top of the box. The second GPS is attached to
the computer and the antenna for it is up the mast.

http://p.vtourist.com/1498854-Rosali...rina-Miami.jpg This
is the bow of the boat in Miamarina in Miami.


grandma Rosalie

S/V RosalieAnn, Leonardtown, MD
CSY 44 WO #156
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