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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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