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New plotter, make ?
Looking for advice...
I just bought a new pre-owned sailing boat and the GPS is not up to my standard. I would like to have a plotter at the helm. In my old boat I had a Garmin gpsmap 162 with bluechart maps but even if i liked the link to the PC software I'm looking for a plotter slightly better. I was very impressed by the way the 162 communicated with the PC software (mapsource), but I found the 162 device to slow and difficult to read in direct sun. And I don't know if I like that garmin lock in users to use only garmin charts. Even if prices are ok. My wishes a Fixed system at the helm, colour screen 5-7 inches, connection to my PC at the chart table so that I can plan and transfer waypoints and routes. I don't want a 'PC only' solution. I would like a system that can run without the PC. What card system is the best choice: Navionics, CMAP, Garmin mapsource or G2. And how about the plotter. There's a lot of well known makes, but also less well known. What to choose? Is it OK to lock your self into one product suite and to get better functionality (and higher prices?) or should you mix the products? There is many different chart systems out there and even more different hardware to choose between. I'm confused. Any good advise and/or experience is appreciated. Expecting to spend approx 2000 USD but I'm flexible. My instruments and wheel pilot are autohelm/raymarine. -- Bjarke M. Christensen http://www.MAXImalt.dk |
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