[Rhodes22-list] GPS Sailing at Night

Mon Feb 13 08:29:37 EST 2006

I got a Garmin GPS Map 76 a couple of years ago. I don't need it but the 
more I know about the features the more use it gets. I don't have external 
any external attennas. For my use overkill but for others it may have value.

If I lived on the coast I would use much more. I would also interface with 
my laptop.

Like i said a lot of features for the money.

Wally

>From: Bill Effros <bill at effros.com>
>Reply-To: The Rhodes 22 mail list <rhodes22-list at rhodes22.org>
>To: The Rhodes 22 mail list <rhodes22-list at rhodes22.org>
>Subject: Re: [Rhodes22-list] GPS Sailing at Night
>Date: Sun, 12 Feb 2006 09:37:33 -0500
>
>Wally,
>
>Which GPS are you using?
>
>As I've described previously, I only have a GPS because I got it free.  I'm 
>a no-instruments guy.  I was stunned at how often I use the GPS, and always 
>turn it on, first thing, when I set up my boat to sail.  It has many uses 
>beyond the obvious.
>
>Bill Effros
>
>TN Rhodey wrote:
>
>>The GPS is quite handy. I have used the tracks feature to find way back to 
>>my marina after overnighting and waking up to a heavy fog. We stayed in 
>>Hilton Head a while back and I had my kayak with me. I decided to paddle 
>>around the many canals the wind around the interior of the island. The 
>>tracks feature helped me find my way back thru the maze.
>>
>>When we were cruising up the East Cost last summer the tidal info was 
>>quite helpful. Also VMG features can help you when racing or cruising. You 
>>can use GPS to help trim sails and CB.
>>
>>You can get by without one but for the price they really are amazing.
>>
>>Wally
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>>From: Michel Meltzer <mjm at michaelmeltzer.com>
>>>Reply-To: The Rhodes 22 mail list <rhodes22-list at rhodes22.org>
>>>To: 'The Rhodes 22 mail list' <rhodes22-list at rhodes22.org>
>>>Subject: RE: [Rhodes22-list] Sailing at Night
>>>Date: Sat, 11 Feb 2006 13:29:06 -0500
>>>
>>>I also add,
>>>
>>>When I going somewhere I generally like to do it at night, moving around
>>>the sound means avoiding hitting rocks, otherwise know as land, avoiding
>>>tugs with long line tows, high speed fairies, dreg fishing and sea going
>>>ship(you know the ones that will wonder for a few seconds where that
>>>blue streak on their bow came from after you are run over), the list
>>>keeps going. If you are smart about it, you set your course about 100
>>>yards offset outside of the buoys on rumlines and I run the charting GPS
>>>the whole night to make sure I stay their(or outside), and the charts to
>>>double check depths and hard things. Ed there are 10 light house
>>>visiable from my docks and generaly 10 visible anywhere on the sound,
>>>their not their to be pretty, or beacon to come to, their to stay away
>>>from because dead reckoning has gotten people dead.
>>>
>>>-mjm
>>>
>>> > -----Original Message-----
>>> > From: rhodes22-list-bounces at rhodes22.org [mailto:rhodes22-list-
>>> > bounces at rhodes22.org] On Behalf Of Bill Effros
>>> > Sent: Saturday, February 11, 2006 12:16 PM
>>> > To: The Rhodes 22 mail list
>>> > Subject: [Rhodes22-list] Sailing at Night
>>> >
>>> > I love to sail at night.  It's really interesting.  But it really
>>>helps
>>> > to know where you are at any given time.  This requires a full-time
>>> > skilled navigator.  It you don't have one on board, a GPS will do in a
>>> > pinch if you have lost sight of your bearings.
>>> >
>>> > Bill Effros
>>> >
>>> > Mary Lou Troy wrote:
>>> >
>>> > >Ed,
>>> > >While I don't like being out in fog and low visibility (it's almost
>>>never
>>> > zero) any cruising sailor can get caught in a sudden rainstorm or have
>>>to
>>> > make it home in low visibility. The Rhodes 22 makes a wonderful
>>>cruising
>>> > boat for a couple. We find our handheld GPS a solid backup to our
>>>coastal
>>> > navigation skills. Among other things we know when we are entering a
>>> > shipping channel and the quickest way across which in low visibility
>>>is a
>>> > real plus.
>>> > >
>>> > >Mary Lou
>>> > >1991  R22 Fretless
>>> > >Ft. Washington, PA / Rock Hall, MD & Swan Creek
>>> > >
>>> > >
>>> > >
>>> > >
>>> > >
>>> > >>From: ed kroposki <ekroposki at charter.net>
>>> > >>Date: Fri Feb 10 08:00:43 CST 2006
>>> > >>To: The Rhodes 22 mail list <rhodes22-list at rhodes22.org>
>>> > >>Subject: [Rhodes22-list] GPS reply to Captain Meltzer, Dave, Art,
>>>...
>>> > >>
>>> > >>
>>> > >
>>> > >
>>> > >
>>> > >>Michael,
>>> > >>    A Rhodes 22 should not be out in fog and zero visibility.
>>>However,
>>> > >>if you are then you should also have radar.  Do you have radar?
>>> > >>    Mr. Rummy posted your email site last fall, was this just a
>>>follow
>>> > >>up?
>>> > >>
>>> > >>Art,
>>> > >>    Your reply to Dave will get you on Mr. Rummy's black list.
>>> > >>
>>> > >>Dave,
>>> > >>    Captain Keller did not inform you of his South Carolina and
>>>Georgia
>>> > >>coastal trips.  You will have to search the archives for those
>>> > informative
>>> > >>posts.
>>> > >>    Dave said regarding Stan, "May delivery here assuming he is on
>>> > >>schedule with his new construction process."  So explain to the list
>>> > what
>>> > >>his new construction process is?  Is he not using Calvin to make one
>>> > boat at
>>> > >>a time?  Or has he enclosed a room so that he can have it warmer and
>>> > work
>>> > >>even on the coldest days?  You let it slip, now the details.
>>> > >>    If you need a fancy GPS for Lake Champlain, have you considered
>>>a
>>> > >>sonar unit to look for Nessie?
>>> > >>
>>> > >>Todd,
>>> > >>    Lighten up.
>>> > >>
>>> > >>Bill,
>>> > >>    Slim is the one with the hair.
>>> > >>
>>> > >>Ed K
>>> > >>Greenville, SC, USA
>>> > >>
>>> > >>
>>> > >>
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