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Holiday presents for boaters....
On Nov 24, 9:07*am, North Star wrote:
On Nov 24, 1:17*am, Tim wrote: I dunno. Brass propeller- shaped candle holders? I think I'd rather have a fresh bottle of "Old Spice" http://marinadelrey.patch.com/articl...ts-for-boaters I always like boating related gifts. The author lists the very items I'd like (but already have). One year the wife gave me the local Blue Charts for my new Garmin Map60 CX. I still use them... even playing with the charts on my home computer planning destinations. Now, I an understand that... Something practical and useful. |
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Holiday presents for boaters....
On Thu, 24 Nov 2011 07:12:17 -0800 (PST), Tim
wrote: One year the wife gave me the local Blue Charts for my new Garmin Map60 CX. I still use them... even playing with the charts on my home computer planning destinations. Now, I an understand that... Something practical and useful. === Very practical and very useful, especially in the off season. It can also be done for free on a home PC, and very inexpensively on a boat. All of the US charts can be downloaded at no cost on the NOAA site: http://www.charts.noaa.gov/ Tim, you will need the S-57 ENC charts for the inland rivers. A very capable software charting program is available for free he http://opencpn.org/drupal/download All you need to turn that combo into an inexpensive chartplotter for a boat is a $30 USB GPS device, a laptop computer and an inexpensive power inverter. http://www.amazon.com/USGlobalSat-BU-353-WaterProof-Enabled-Receiver/dp/B000V5TV22 http://www.amazon.com/Power-Bright-PW400-12-Inverter-Watt/dp/B000OOZY5S Unfortunately our Canadian friends still have to pay for their electronic charts. |
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Holiday presents for boaters....
On Nov 24, 10:02*am, Wayne.B wrote:
On Thu, 24 Nov 2011 07:12:17 -0800 (PST), Tim wrote: One year the wife gave me the local Blue Charts for my new Garmin Map60 CX. I still use them... even playing with the charts on my home computer planning destinations. Now, I *an understand that... Something practical and useful. === Very practical and very useful, especially in the off season. * It can also be done for free on a home PC, and very inexpensively on a boat. All of the US charts can be downloaded at no cost on the NOAA site: http://www.charts.noaa.gov/ Tim, you will need the S-57 ENC charts for the inland rivers. A very capable software charting program is available for free he http://opencpn.org/drupal/download All you need to turn that combo into an inexpensive chartplotter for a boat is a $30 USB GPS device, a laptop computer and an inexpensive power inverter. http://www.amazon.com/USGlobalSat-BU-353-WaterProof-Enabled-Receiver/... http://www.amazon.com/Power-Bright-PW400-12-Inverter-Watt/dp/B000OOZY5S Unfortunately our Canadian friends still have to pay for their electronic charts. I'm paying close attention, Wayne. |
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Holiday presents for boaters....
On Thu, 24 Nov 2011 11:02:34 -0500, Wayne.B wrote:
Very practical and very useful, especially in the off season. It can also be done for free on a home PC, and very inexpensively on a boat. All of the US charts can be downloaded at no cost on the NOAA site: http://www.charts.noaa.gov/ Tim, you will need the S-57 ENC charts for the inland rivers. A very capable software charting program is available for free he http://opencpn.org/drupal/download All you need to turn that combo into an inexpensive chartplotter for a boat is a $30 USB GPS device, a laptop computer and an inexpensive power inverter. http://www.amazon.com/USGlobalSat-BU-353-WaterProof-Enabled-Receiver/dp/B000V5TV22 http://www.amazon.com/Power-Bright-PW400-12-Inverter-Watt/dp/B000OOZY5S Unfortunately our Canadian friends still have to pay for their electronic charts. |
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