"BAR" wrote in message
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wf3h wrote:
anybody have any recommendations on a reasonably priced good
chartplotter?

Make sure you buy the extended service plan.


Why? I have 3 boat GPS's. One a garmin 45 that the wife gave me in about
1990. It lost a couple rows of pixels a few years ago, when I turned it on.
My GPSMAP 162 (?), my 76Csx have never had a problem. My Csx needs to be
sent to Garmin, but the esp would not pay for the fact that I dropped it and
the plastic screen is cracked.

"wf3h" wrote in message
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On Aug 13, 5:22 pm, "Calif Bill" wrote:
"wf3h" wrote in message

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anybody have any recommendations on a reasonably priced good
chartplotter?

For just a chartplotter without all the bells and whistles look at a
couple
year old Garmin. My black and white GMS Map 62 (I think that is the
number)
still does a good job. Preloaded maps. Does not show bottom contours, can
load the expensive maps but the performance sucks then.

i've been looking on craig's list and ebay...amazing how few there are
for sale

You can buy a Humminbird 300 series plotter and depth finder combo for about
$240. Preloaded maps.

On Fri, 14 Aug 2009 15:02:07 -0700, "Calif Bill"
wrote:

Make sure you buy the extended service plan.



Why?

I agree. They tend to be very reliable and as prices have come down
they've almost become a throw away item except for the really high end
models which don't seem to break much anyway.

On Thu, 13 Aug 2009 20:10:43 -0400, JLH III
wrote:

anybody have any recommendations on a reasonably priced good
chartplotter?

Garmins are great.

I recall when Garmin started out in the avionics field, they were good
and also cheap.

Casady

On Sat, 15 Aug 2009 14:33:48 GMT, (Richard
Casady) wrote:

I recall when Garmin started out in the avionics field, they were good
and also cheap.

Cheap is a word not frequently associated with avionics.

"Wayne.B" wrote in message
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On Sat, 15 Aug 2009 14:33:48 GMT, (Richard
Casady) wrote:

I recall when Garmin started out in the avionics field, they were good
and also cheap.

Cheap is a word not frequently associated with avionics.


Nor anything that has a "marine" label attached to it.

--Mike

On Sat, 15 Aug 2009 22:13:22 -0700, "mgg" wrote:


"Wayne.B" wrote in message
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On Sat, 15 Aug 2009 14:33:48 GMT, (Richard
Casady) wrote:

I recall when Garmin started out in the avionics field, they were good
and also cheap.

Cheap is a word not frequently associated with avionics.


Nor anything that has a "marine" label attached to it.


The certifications and maintenance records for avionics equipment
makes *marine* look like a bargain by comparison.