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Actually,
In Response To: Better only if you don't mind the monthly fee! 
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() since there's no contract required for the 3G service on the 3G iPad you can turn it on and off as needed. You don't need the 3G service for the GPS to work.
Dan makes a good point about using an external GPS to save a few bucks though.
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- back-up GPS
- Where do you sail, Craig?
- Please don't laugh too hard.
- We have a Garmin 440S as our backup ...
- Charts. But I do get nervous thinking about losing my onboard gps.
- hockey puck USB powered anntenna
- Multiple Is
- As evidence from the variety of answers, any will do
- I have a Garman 3210 Chart plotter which
- Backup GPS
