Sailnet has an even better price on the Garmin 540s right now, including depth sounder transducer. --gary On Mar 3, 2008, at 9:19 AM, William Larson wrote:
> Jim: > > Oh, almost forgot, a couple of links that may help > https://buy.garmin.com/shop/shop.do?cID=148&pID=8053 > for specs on the Garmin products and http://gpsonsale.com/ > index.html for an on-line store that offers substantial discounts > from list on the plotters. > > Bill > > William Larson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Jim: > > If you can use a hard wired unit, the Garmin GPSMAP 420 and 520, (4" > and 5" screens), plotters have the capability of using the BlueChart > g2 Vision SD card which will give you "auto guidance" and 3D map > view features. They also support DSC communication with a capable > VHF radio. > > Just my 2 cents, > Bill Larson M17 #632 > > jim sadler wrote: > Ahoy Skippers > > This weekend we rounded the W. end of Catalina (on my cousins > Catalina 310) > at midnight a sailed into Catalina harbor. My old GPS gave me fixes > which I > plotted onto a chart to see our track and make sure we were not going > aground. There was no visibility and I found myself hallucinating in > the > night and spending way too much time plotting our track. > > I decided if we make it through this and I could get back to the > form I > would ask you skippers if you are using GPS systems with plotting > capabilities? > > What are the hot systems? > > Capt,n James A Sadler > skipper sailing vessel Pelican M15 > _______________________________________________ > http://mailman.xmission.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/montgomery_boats > > _______________________________________________ > http://mailman.xmission.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/montgomery_boats > > _______________________________________________ > http://mailman.xmission.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/montgomery_boats _______________________________________________ http://mailman.xmission.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/montgomery_boats
