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• Crappy charts in the Lowrance HDS-7
  • Here's another example
    • Interesting...the charts in my HDS-5 are spot on for the areas around here in Maine
      • In most places they're good
  • They 'GotYa!'
    • The built-in Garmin Blue Charts are really good
      • I have an old Garmin with only the world chart.
  • I do not unstand this
    • Mexico Gold Coast? The new Gold charts should be correct
      • yes it Isabella, I will try the upgrade, Thanks
  • Garmin said we had 10 feet of water yesterday, then I heard the rumble below from the rising centerboard.
    • Are you referring to the area NE of the docks?
      • The area to the north off Spruce Island.
    • I have one of those early warning systems also
      • aka Auxiliary Depth Sounder... Precisely
        • Thank god that linkage is no more, my nerves couldn't take it Charlie.
      • When Gene Barnes surveyed our Sabre, he suggested not using the CB as a depth sounder.