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Dan, finish the story! Why the discrepancy? Oh,
In Response To: good point, sometimes you're not going where the boats pointing. ()
by the way, it looks like it could be another 6 weeks before we get done with the condo. We do have the contractor in place now but it's just getting all the permits. I'm about to say screw it, rent the place again and head back to Mexico. I don't know if I'm going to like this dirt dwelling much. It better get better then this. I do like my big TV....
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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...
- I use it the same way you do Tom
- I do what you are doing but I have a lot of waypoints.
- By GPS that would be the iPhone or iPad
- 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.
- I like using waypoints.
- good point, sometimes you're not going where the boats pointing.
- Dan, finish the story! Why the discrepancy? Oh,
- I'm almost never going where my bow is pointing.
- I use waypoints like bread crumbs. I go
- good point, sometimes you're not going where the boats pointing.
- I once sailed (well, motored) from Boothbay to Salem in another Sabre w/o an AP. Not a lot of fun, IMHO.
- Incidentally, I never set way points and don't have an auto pilot
- 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 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
- The San Blas isn't exactly well charted
- Same as you....
- Our Navionics Gold was fine in the San Blas.
- Same as you....
- Since pmnav12 is listening....
- Just don't use it here!