Because you're a really smart fellow, anyways, and ALWAYS keep a paper
chart 'n pencil course plotted every hour in case the computers screw
up,
does it really matter if the chart plotter has the finest picture money
can
buy?



Larry. obviously you're correct. My little GPSmap 76 is all I need and
I really could just dig out my old Garmin 38 and even that would be
fine since I have paper charts.
But sailboats are not about "needs" so much as "wants." I love boats
and the fun associated toys that go with them. Now I have some kind of
safety valve that keeps me from spending 8K on a networked radar/GPS
system, but a small mapping GPS is really no huge expense and fun for
the "are we there yet?" crowd.
I'll probably just go with the Garmin with the pre-loaded blue charts
and be done. They are down to 599.00 now.


Robert
35s5
NY