Do you own a marine gps?

[bazrfc]

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lowrance 520c sonar & gps.
amazing bit of equipment

 

[External Combustion]

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I have both Magellan and Garmin handhelds. They are fun, fast and usually are reliable (if there is no battery problem). I still have my Soviet sextant and current charts though, as it always works (except on overcast days!)

Nothing replaces reading the waves and the clouds though.

 

[Reel Poor]

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I run two units on my Chaparral and a single on the Bass Tracker. Both boats also have compasses and paper charts on board. Never solely rely on your electronic navigation equipment. Always keep an eye on your compass also. Although the satellite navigating system is very reliable, you never know when the system may go down or your on board equipment may fail.

Chappie Equipment
Furuno Navnet 1732 CNT - Radar, GPS, Fish Finder
Garmin 498

Bass Tracker
Garmin 298

 

[Lestil]

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Garmin GPS 5 & Garmin 188 Sounder both are great units.

 

[Big Ron]

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Garmin 178C chartplotter and depth finder.
Now all I've got to do is figure out how to use it

 

[ricksrster]

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Magellan hand held mounted on the dash.

 

[Paul DuLaney]

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Magellan explorist xl

 

[troypolla]

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Garmin 172C with the bluechart card. I think its great.

 

[Fish n Geer]

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Leaning towards the Garmin 430s at Cabelas. Anyone have any feedback on it? I have a Garmin 430c in my van and love it! My daughter named it "Wanda"

 

[StrykeKing]

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I've got a Garmin 172c with a bluechart data card, as well as a Humminbird 947c with two navionics cards on my '03 Lund. Both are good units, I prefer the Garmin for navigation and the Humminbird for fishing. The navionics cards have better detail for bottom structure in my opinion.

 

[ECHO 1]

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Hummingbird 787-c2 & Lorance H2o

 

[slasmith1]

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raymarine c-80 and my back-up is a raymarine rl70crc plus

 

[robthompson66]

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Garmin 178c

 

[xxturbowesxx]

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I have a Garmin Colorado 400c with coastal,inland lakes,city nav maps and mount and it's awesome..

 

[timdan94]

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humminbird 580 gps fishfinder combo

 

[whofan]

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Lowrance 5200 Globalmap.

 

[pvanv]

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Gotta agree with Reel Poor. Every boat must have a decent compass, period.

I teach navigation for the USCG licensing program, and had a student last winter who saved his life -- and his son's life -- while ice fishing on NY's finger lakes because he had a compass with him. Storm blew in, snow reduced visibility to zero, and his GPS lost signal. But the compass continued to work, of course. That allowed him to find shore and his car.

We have two GPS units aboard: An ancient Magellan Nav1200XL (circa 1994) that does not have any graphics, aside from a pointer, and the same thing in a handheld/bracket-mount unit, a Magellan MeridianXL (same vintage and software). We use these in combination with paper charts.

Would love a chartplotting GPS, but the old units just running and running...

 

[david_r]

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lowrance ifinder h2o

 

[sschefer]

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Lowrance LMS 525c-DF &
Compass

 

[cdnfthree2]

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Humminbird 383c combo . Entry level but no complaints