Roger

The only work of caution "sort of" is to make very sure you have loaded
all the charts you need onto the GPS. I have the same unit and found
that I had forgotten to load a couple of charts for our trip this
summer. I did have a laptop on moard so it was a simple mater to load
wat was missing.

Matt
P.S. Happy holidays everyone.


Charlie Morgan wrote:
On Wed, 20 Dec 2006 14:15:28 -0500, "Roger Long"
wrote:

I'm buying a Garmin 76Cx that takes the MicroSD preloaded chips. Any pro's,
cons, or opinons to buying the Canadian charts I'll need on CD vs chips?

I'll also be buying paper for backup and trip planning. I won't have a
laptop on the boat where I'll be using the GPS display and charts together
(no comments on that please, it's another issue altogether).

Any good reason in that scenario to go with the CD instead of the
convienience of just sticking a chips in?

That unit comes with a BLANK card. The CD is used to load that card.
Buying a second card with maps preloaded will be less useful. The CD
bluecharts come with MapSource software, so you can use the charts on
your PC as well. Very handy for planning trips, or as a handy "charts
at your fingertips" when you are not on the boat.

CWM