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T.R. Bauer
Joined: 17 Nov 2007
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City/Region: Wasilla
State or Province: AK
C-Dory Year: 1993
C-Dory Model: 22 Cruiser
Vessel Name: C-Whisperer
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| Just give me a clear night with a sky full of stars, a compass, and a map. That is all you really need. You guys are so high tech..... |
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Alasgun
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| Posted: Sun Jul 27, 2008 3:40 pm Post subject: Need Ploter Recomendations |
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How often can you see them stars on an Alaskan summer Night?
Mike |
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Zelpha
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| Posted: Sun Jul 27, 2008 3:46 pm Post subject: |
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| No problem in Alaska - They use the Northern Lights. Zelpha |
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cemiii
Joined: 26 Feb 2008
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City/Region: Alamo
State or Province: CA
C-Dory Year: 1987
C-Dory Model: 22 Angler
Vessel Name: The Last One........ III
Photos: The Last One, III
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| Posted: Sun Jul 27, 2008 4:21 pm Post subject: |
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think i found those swing away mounts
http://www.ram-mount.com/
ram234-3 or 234-3FL = cradle
ram109v3 = swing arm
chris |
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T.R. Bauer
Joined: 17 Nov 2007
Posts: 1728
City/Region: Wasilla
State or Province: AK
C-Dory Year: 1993
C-Dory Model: 22 Cruiser
Vessel Name: C-Whisperer
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| Posted: Sun Jul 27, 2008 4:31 pm Post subject: Re: Need Ploter Recomendations |
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| Alasgun wrote: | How often can you see them stars on an Alaskan summer Night?
Mike |
Who's talking about summer? I was talking winter. Only sissies boat in the summer  |
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flrockytop
Joined: 04 Oct 2006
Posts: 502
City/Region: Pensacola
State or Province: FL
C-Dory Year: 2007
C-Dory Model: 22 Cruiser
Vessel Name: The Last One (to date)
Photos: C-LOVER
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| Posted: Sun Jul 27, 2008 9:25 pm Post subject: |
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| gljjr wrote: | flrockytop,
I would check out NewEgg.com before buying from TigerDirect. It looks like they have several of the Asus Eee notebooks with the SSD HDD and their prices are better. Plus NewEgg has always had good customer service. |
Thanks for the reminder gljjr, I had forgotten about NewEgg. I got to reading the reviews and like most reviews they ran the gambit from great to awful so I went to the local Best Buy and dang if they didn't have one for the same price as the on line stores. I got one and am typing on it now. I've been loading software all day. I put "The Capn" on with all of the NOAA charts(almost 4gig). So far I am impressed, and I think it is going to work just fine. It fits just right on on my cd22 dash. I going to do some sea test tomorrow and will report. This poor thread has been pretty well highjacked so I'll start a new topic.
Roger
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flrockytop
Joined: 04 Oct 2006
Posts: 502
City/Region: Pensacola
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C-Dory Year: 2007
C-Dory Model: 22 Cruiser
Vessel Name: The Last One (to date)
Photos: C-LOVER
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| Posted: Sun Jul 27, 2008 10:07 pm Post subject: |
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| Zelpha wrote: | Thanks Cmiii,
I bought the GPS 18 to feed my laptop directly thru a USB connector which leaves no accessibility to wires between the Sensor and USB male end. Plug it into the computer with "Inland Lakes" Garmin software and all works great on the laptop screen. My problem is how to get from the computer to the S1000 input wires. Wonder about coming out the 2nd USB port with another UBS connector with wires. Maybe it cannot be done. Thanks for your help. Zelpha |
In loading my software I ran across this on garmin usb gps units. Explains your problems.
The USB version of Garmin GPS receivers (like Garmin 1 do not support NMEA, they only support Garmin's own protocol. Therefore very few GPS applications can use Garmin USB GPS receivers. GpsGate solves this problem! You can connect GpsGate to a Garmin USB GPS and GpsGate will make the Garmin GPS appear as a normal NMEA GPS connected to a serial port. And! You can connect any number of GPS applications to the GPS at the same time! Including nRoute!
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Pat Anderson
Joined: 02 Nov 2003
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City/Region: Birch Bay, WA
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C-Dory Year: 2005
C-Dory Model: 25 Cruiser
Vessel Name: Daydream
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| Posted: Sun Jul 27, 2008 10:10 pm Post subject: |
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Don't you mean a sextant? 
| T.R. Bauer wrote: | | Just give me a clear night with a sky full of stars, a compass, and a map. That is all you really need. You guys are so high tech..... |
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T.R. Bauer
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C-Dory Year: 1993
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| Posted: Mon Jul 28, 2008 2:31 am Post subject: |
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| Pat Anderson wrote: | Don't you mean a sextant?
| T.R. Bauer wrote: | | Just give me a clear night with a sky full of stars, a compass, and a map. That is all you really need. You guys are so high tech..... |
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Clearly I do. But, I thought that this site was rated PG. I was just trying to keep it clean man..... |
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Chivita
Joined: 04 Nov 2003
Posts: 218
City/Region: Hansville
State or Province: WA
C-Dory Year: 2003
C-Dory Model: 22 Cruiser
Vessel Name: Chivita
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WOW! You know my Dad raised us with some pretty high ethics and firm morals that have served me well, but all of a sudden I find out he's involved in GPS-GATE!
This GPS-GATE has something to do with sex and ants, backwards compatibility, serial dongles and all sorts of coded messages regarding r232!
Next thing you know I'll discover he was at Woodstock or something! |
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Zelpha
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| Posted: Tue Jul 29, 2008 3:59 pm Post subject: |
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| Chivita, I would have been but your Mother would not let me go. Zelpha |
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flrockytop
Joined: 04 Oct 2006
Posts: 502
City/Region: Pensacola
State or Province: FL
C-Dory Year: 2007
C-Dory Model: 22 Cruiser
Vessel Name: The Last One (to date)
Photos: C-LOVER
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| Chivita wrote: | WOW! You know my Dad raised us with some pretty high ethics and firm morals that have served me well, but all of a sudden I find out he's involved in GPS-GATE!
This GPS-GATE has something to do with sex and ants, backwards compatibility, serial dongles and all sorts of coded messages regarding r232!
Next thing you know I'll discover he was at Woodstock or something! |
Now this is not near as bad as putting a pipe cleaner in your "piss hole"
http://www.c-brats.com/viewtopic.php?t=9034
Roger |
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smittypaddler
Joined: 30 Jun 2004
Posts: 337
City/Region: Neenah, Wisconsin
State or Province: WI
C-Dory Year: 2004
C-Dory Model: 22 Cruiser
Vessel Name: Na Waqa
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| Posted: Thu Jul 31, 2008 6:00 pm Post subject: Free chart plotter program |
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I use my own chart plotting software, which you can get free at -
http://smittypaddler.com/chartview/index.htm
Be aware, you need Linux, Perl Perl/Gtk to run it. I've always hoped to see a group of collaborators develop, but so far no others have expressed any interest. I just used it yesterday to navigate the shoals along the east shore of Lake Winnebago. |
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cemiii
Joined: 26 Feb 2008
Posts: 419
City/Region: Alamo
State or Province: CA
C-Dory Year: 1987
C-Dory Model: 22 Angler
Vessel Name: The Last One........ III
Photos: The Last One, III
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Someone led me to an online magazine called MadMariner.com which has a whole series of articles on PC based GPS and software reviews. There is a free 30 day registration period and it is an interesting site.
I learned quite a bit there. For those who just want the bottom line, their consensus is kind of "you get what you pay for". Best $0-100 is SeaClear II (free), Best $100-300 is Tiki Navigator($148), Best $300-1000 is Coastal Explorer ($499). Just their opinion and there were lots of close seconds.
Chris |
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