On Mar 23, 12:27*pm, "CalifBill" wrote:
"Tim" wrote in message

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OK, *While the wife was shopping this afternoon, I came across the
Magellan Tritons, and wondered what they do and if anyone has had much
experience with *them. I like the idea that they are waterproof, but
am wondering if I actually have a need for one.

http://www.gpsmaniac.com/2009/04/mag...ver-the-basics...

for the boat I would get a chart plotter. *Not Garmin. *Garmin's are very
good, but they are extremely proud of their charts. *Maybe 3x the costs of
Navionic's etc. *Depending where you boat. *I think they are almost a
requirement for boating. *Paper charts are great, and I have them for all
the places I boat, but the plotter has phone numbers for the marina's, etc.
and is easy in a smaller boat to plot your courses as does not require a
large flat surface to lay out the paper charts. You can get plotters pretty
cheap these days. *Want a decent plotter, but older, look at used and those
updating their electronics. I have a Garmin GPSmap 162 on my boat and am
replacing it with a new combo unit. *It may sell for $50 realistically these
days. *Black and white,and will take Garmin charts, but is to slow with the
really good detail charts, but fine with the roads and recs CD charts.

Oh boy. More stuff to investigate.

Thanks Bill!