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drjohn71a



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PostPosted: Tue Oct 16, 2007 12:44 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
Snal,

Our experience up in Puget Sound when the Raymarine blew a fuse in the storms, was that the Lowrance iFinder Color was a great backup. The basic package even had the key marine buoys,etc. on it. It was not as good as a dedicated marine gps though. I have since bought the Gulf and Fishing maps for the iFinder and they were great out in the Gulf of Mexico - had all the marine info there. We did not have the marine maps for Puget Sound on the iFinder when we were up there.

I have a Garmin nuvi 680 which I love for the car/truck and even backup on the water, but I don't have any water maps for it.

John
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PostPosted: Tue Oct 16, 2007 1:46 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
I got a very good deal from WM on a Garmin 76CSx and put the Ches Bay charts on it. Now it does as much as my main Garmin 545S, except for the depth information from a transducer.

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PostPosted: Thu Oct 18, 2007 2:17 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
Adeline wrote:
Just today I read in Panbo about a Handheld DSC VHF. Scroll down to mid-page.

It's already scrolled away out of sight. Here's the direct link:

http://www.panbo.com/archives/2007/08/handheld_dsc_vhfgps_i_wish.html
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