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My parents couldn't even listen to me in the bedroom!
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When I was a kid
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And the boats at summer camp didn't even have compasses!
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Survey - who does route planning on their GPS as opposed to just using it for tracking position
Well, in a way...
I do...
Looking at some of the other posts...
I use it the same way you do Tom
I'm looking forward to one myself.
I do what you are doing but I have a lot of waypoints.
By GPS that would be the iPhone or iPad
INavx is pretty nice. We navigated into Progreso , Yucatan
I use it to keep track of my position and onboard charts for route planning.
I did in the Chesapeake, using downloads from
Yes Somewhat
I use mine mostly to give me boat speed and secondarily for position...
Incidentally, I never set way points and don't have an auto pilot
I once sailed (well, motored) from Boothbay to Salem in another Sabre w/o an AP. Not a lot of fun, IMHO.
That would be memorable.
When I was a kid
Never mind the fog!!
My parents couldn't even listen to me in the bedroom!
Okay
I like using waypoints.
good point, sometimes you're not going where the boats pointing.
Dan, finish the story! Why the discrepancy? Oh,
the North Equatorial Current between Testigos & the eastern islands
"Won't do that again"?
Martinique for New Year was great.
Don't care how great it was...
As Eileen Quinn said. "It's a good thing a sailors got a short memory".
I'm almost never going where my bow is pointing.
I use waypoints like bread crumbs. I go
Trails
I could turn some of them into routes or trails but
Depends
What's a GPS? All I need is a stick and a piece of string to do my navigating. '-)
I use paper charts, verify position with GPS, and mark 1 eyeballs
Routes on GPS, no.
I do some
I enter lots of useful waypoints; could even be a chain, thus a route.
I do pretty much the same
I do route planning on my laptop.
A couple other uses not mentioned
Used iPad Navionics apps for route planning a lot this past year
Just don't use it here!
Navionics
I would agree....
Practical Sailor Sept 2012 Gear of Year gave nod to iNavX
Obvioiusly....
Bahamas Chart
I don't agree...
i dont agree
The San Blas isn't exactly well charted
Same as you....
That GE ability has been present for several years
The the app store.
OK, I think I see the problem
One would have hoped...
Even Bauhaus's charts are incorrect in areas
I would expect that from...
My point was that it is not just Navionics
Yeah ....
You are right about GE now
I singled Navionics out because...
Yes we got back Sunday and are preparing to head back out this weekend
Wow, first time you mixed...
Clarification on iNavX
Yep...
That is true, Splashtop is a great app
Just to be clear (related to the above discussion)
That's right...
Our Navionics Gold was fine in the San Blas.
I am talking about iNavioinics
I find that odd as well.
Isla Pino's, San Blas Panama Bad iNavionics
If you were at or near 10, that's not really bad.
Considering...
This is my favorite. I'll bet you've never done this.
Nope, don't expect to either!
Since pmnav12 is listening....
Since pmnav12 is listening...