[Rhodes22-list] GPS and Depth Finder

[Russell Miller]

yES THERE IS A COMBINATION, WE HAVE ONE - A lOWRANCE 335c df THIS HAS BEEN
REPLACED BY THE 337c, DO NOT NEED DF, SF IS SUFFICIEBT FOR SHALLOW WATER
<200'

rUSS
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Sent: Friday, January 13, 2006 12:31 AM
Subject: [Rhodes22-list] GPS and Depth Finder


> As I mentioned in an earlier email this evening, I just attended my first
boating safety course, where the instructor (a power boater who spends most
of his time on the Chesapeake Bay) insisted I needed a GPS and a depth
finder.
>
> I didn't see anything about this in the FAQ, so I thought I'd raise these
questions here ...
>
> I will be spending most of my time on the Potomac River (I won't be
trailoring, as I have a slip on the river), although I hope to be spending a
weekend here and there exploring downriver in areas I won't be familiar
with.
>
> Stan seemed pretty confident that I wouldn't really need a depth guage,
given the centerboard's ability to alert me to shallow water ... and I don't
remember what he said about GPS.
>
> Anyway, what do you all think?  Since my recycled boat is still at GB, it
would be far easier for me to have them install a GPS and depth finder now,
rather than trying to do it myself.  And the best reason I can think to have
a depth finder is to help me calculate, from a safety perspective, how much
anchor rode to use ... rather than trying to use the rode itself to judge
the depth.
>
> And how about GPS?  I've heard there are combination GPS/depth finders out
there (I'm planning a trip to the neighborhood West Marine).  If I were to
get a combo unit, where would you recommend installing it?  The recycled
boat I'm getting already has a compass installed just to the right of the
cabin door (on the cockpit side).  Maybe I could install it just above the
compass, but are GPS units waterproof?  Should they be inside the cabin
where you can't see it?  That doesn't make sense to me.
>
> Thanks in advance for any suggestions.
>
> -Mark
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