[Rhodes22-list] Boat Equipment

[Blue Heron]

John,

How's that Magellan Meridian holding up?  My Garmin GPS 12 doesn't receive
the newer satellites and gets a little foggy on cold mornings.

I've been looking for one of those new bright color touch screen GPS
models that has decent marine navigation and an NMEA interface; but no
luck.  It seems the touch screens are just about spoken driving
instructions.

Rick

On Sun, Jan 4, 2009 at 11:55 AM, John Lock <jlock at relevantarts.com> wrote:

> I use a similar setup as Herb for my GPS.  Don't need a full chart
> plotter on my lake.  The handheld GPS sits in a bulkhead mount which
> has 12v power in it, so no battery worries.  When I remove it from the
> mount to use elsewhere it reverts to internal battery.  This GPS also
> features an extra large display mode, so critical items are viewable
> from the stern rail while it's still in the mount.  Link to previously
> posted photo below.
>
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> http://www.rhodes22.org/pipermail/rhodes22-list/attachments/20081103/825ed755/attachment-0001.jpg
>
> Cheers!
> John Lock
> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
> s/v Pandion - '79 Rhodes 22
> Lake Sinclair, GA
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> On Jan 3, 2009, at 10:03 PM, Herb Parsons wrote:
> > I prefer a handheld on my O'Day as well. If my boat was a wheel helm,
> > I'd want a large mounted system as well. I use a ball mount from Ram
> > Mount to mount the handheld when I don't want to hold it.
> >
> > michael meltzer wrote:
> >> http://www.defender.com/product.jsp?path=-1|344|295761|301233|
> >> 320702|746011&
> >> id=620183
> >>
> >> unless you always have a helmsman, you will not be able to work the
> >> bulkhead
> >> and the tiller at the same time, it also too far away(for me) to
> >> read play
> >> with, I much prefer(and expresslessly for a night watch) to have it
> >> in mine
> >> hand, play with the zoom and pan as needed and in a cup holder
> >> otherwise
> >> watching the course, no one blocks it.. no holes for a piece of
> >> equipment
> >> that upgrade every 5 years
> >>
> >> -mjm
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