Garmin 2006c

[Donald Tyson]

I’ve been using Aqua Map for most of my boating since I purchased this boat in Stuart Florida one year ago. In the last few days, I decided: well let’s get the Garman going. Well, too bad, there are no maps on it and they’re not available from the manufacturer anymore. My only hope would be to get some used off the Internet and hope they’re the right ones. Or upgrade to a new unit. I have been so happy with Aqua Map and I’m even thinking of adding Navionics Or WAVE. As a backup in case one system is down. Both my android tablet and my Apple tablet have GPS chips in them. May I assume they would get a signal just as easily as my telephone does. The cabins on these boats are pretty small but you can make them work if you plan ahead and keep things organized. I’m in a marina right now that it’s located at the Barnegat Inlet of New Jersey. All of my neighbors are deep sea fisherman, and have great big screens on their boats many of them have multiple screens the size of computer monitors. I would never want that on the dashboard of my boat. So I ask you are you happy with app based navigation or do you always wish for the bigger Garmin down the road? Which app has consistently met your demand.

 

[C-Wolfe]

If you’re not using your Garmin chart plotter, how do you get your deep?
Chart get updated regularly, having an old chart plotter that was not updated might have a few important info missing, subscription base app should not have that issue since most are updated frequently. I do have the Garmin (Navionics) app on my phone that I use some but I still prefer to use my chart plotter as my main screen. I did got a Navionics chart update last year, that came with a one year subscription, it expired a couple weeks ago so I did my last update for the near future.
Big screen are nice but not necessary, I had a bigger screen (10 in.) in my 22 cruiser then I do now on my TomCat. They all have the same info on them.

 

[Avidmagnum12]

Don For most boaters that travel it’s important to have at least one chart plotter. It gives you information on depth and GPS location. It also gives you access to NEMA 2000. I use mine for radar, AIS ,autopilot, MMSi and engine information. I also have an iPad for backup with navionics. The GPS I have is the Garmin 943xsv. 9 inch screen is good enough for me. Just replaced my old 2011 unit last year. Should be good for about 14 years now.

 

[Donald Tyson]

Well that is encouraging. I will be playin around with a tablet tonight trying to hook it up. My tablet has the M1 chip in it and it should handle this fine. I don’t have the subscription I do have Aqua Map question is is that enough or do I need a second system for redundancy. We will not be on the loop this year, but will probably be in New England and southern intercoastal.