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GPS: Garmin vs. Magellan or other, WTB
I searched the archives and found a few similar articles,
but nothing in the last few years. Sorry if I missed something and am asking about a too frequent thread, but flame on if you must. Also, I am not planning on using a hand held GPS instead of charts. I always carry my own charts, as you can always depend on the charter company to have them. That said. . . I used to be on the water all the time, inland and offshore, and have quite a bit of experience in navigation coastal and open water between islands. For the past 10 years I have been boat free (boatless ?), but have chartered every year or two in the BVI and Florida (crossing Florida bay and heading to DT). I have always been happy with the equipment on the boats, but now would like to have something to save routes and bring home to load into charting S/W so I can remember where we went (okay, senior moment). I am at the point where I need reading glasses to read my watch (sigh) so I need to play with units in a store to see how readable they are for me. Other than that, the features I would like to have other than basic navigation to waypoints a - route tracking to store where we sailed - Man Overboard button (or similar instant WP function) - Anchor alarm - and it would be nice if it had tidal information (a feature some of the newer ones have that seems like a nice thing to have, if anyone can provide feedback on it I would appreciate) Based on that, I am interested in the groups experience with the current crop of handheld GPS offerings and what features were great and which disappointed. I would love to hear your raves about how happy you are with brand X, but please let's not get into cartoon characters urinating on a brand because Chevy is better than Ford, is better than Dodge, is better than ... Again, sorry if I missed a recent posting about this. Thanks in advance for all your input. Guy |
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