Hi Richard, We do mostly day sailing from up on the Hudson down the NJ coast - no serious cruising or offshore stuff. FWIW... I love my little Lowrance unit. I was originally drawn to the Lowrance name because my grandfather had Lowrance navigation equipment in his old Piper Dakota.
You might want something bigger with more bells and whistles, but I like the simplicity of my little Elite 4. The one thing I might do if I was buying now is get a Lowrance model with a larger screen. Ours is very bright, but no more than 5"x3". We have an Elite 4 without a depth transducer. It was an absolute steal price-wise (I think it was under $170). It has a bright color screen and it's easy to read. You can upgrade to full Navionics charts with a little SD card for around $120 at WestMarine if I remember correctly. The unit comes with a more basic chart set already installed. I also have the Navionics apps on my iphone and ipad as backups, as well as paper charts, of course. I've heard people complain about customer service with Lowrance, but I've never had to call as my unit has always worked. Build quality seems great and I find the menus easy to use. Again, you may be looking for something with more bells and whistles... If so I'd look at Lowrance's higher end models. I've heard the new Garmin units are great as well, but I've never owned one. Hope this helps a little. All the best, Ryan Sent from my iPhone > On Feb 5, 2016, at 08:47, Richard Walter via CnC-List <cnc-list@cnc-list.com> > wrote: > > Ahoy! > > We love our old Garmin 276C. It is time, however, to upgrade. Should we > upgrade our BlueCharts? If so how? Or should we get a new GPS/chartplotter > altogether? We have the Raymarine ST-60s on the boat already. > > We sail NYC to Maine. > > Thanks, > Richard > s/v INDIGO > Watch Hill > _______________________________________________ > > Email address: > CnC-List@cnc-list.com > To change your list preferences, including unsubscribing -- go to the bottom > of page at: > http://cnc-list.com/mailman/listinfo/cnc-list_cnc-list.com >
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