Re: [SPAM][Cal_Boats] Re: GPS

Guys, I found the url for the place where I bought my refurbed Garmin, www.edgegps.com. David Dobbs From: john raxter <jr… [at] triad.rr.com> To: Ca… [at] yahoogroups.com Sent: Friday, January 11, 2008 6:33:11 AM Subject: RE: [SPAM][Cal_Boats] Re: GPS Hey, Garmin makes the Nuvii, is that a little more “nautical” for you? I wonder if they are working on the software? Wouldn’t it be a little more appropriate for a nice female voice to say “approaching marker red 32” than the annoying “beep, beep, beeeeeeep” and having to change screen view to a message screen? They have the technology, the market is much lower than the bazillion automobiles on the road. Maybe out for the next boat show. I bet they would out sell the non charting GPS models! TYMLL John From: Cal_Boats@yahoogrou ps.com [mailto:Cal_ Boats@yahoogroup s.com] On Behalf Of slickbutfoxbuger Sent: Thursday, January 10, 2008 7:56 AM To: Cal_Boats@yahoogrou ps.com Subject: [SPAM][Cal_Boats] Re: GPS i can't believe this! the next thing everyone is going to say is that they have a damn *Tom-Tom* in their boat to navigate by...... ************ ********* *** --- In Cal_Boats@yahoogrou ps.com, "Bruce Stirling" <bruce@...> wrote: > > I have a Garmin 76CsX also. Never had one before. I have more fun with it > on the highway between Phoenix and San Diego than I do on the water. It got > us safely from Ocean Side to San Diego on our first ever sail on the ocean > following our successful Cal 28 eBay purchase. Even after the sun went > down and caught us out on the ocean in the dark (another first) with no > radar reflector. The color screen is very bright, even in daylight sitting > in the cockpit. Unfortunately, we bought it at the little shop next to the > Harbor Police Office in Ocean Side and paid top dollar at the time. Ebay is > great for this kind of thing, too. > > See: > <http://www.thegpsst ore.com/Garmin- GPSMAP-76Cx- Color-Handheld- GPS- P879C78.as > px?UserID=5791474&SessionID=prKjmoN4Y NF8fNPFhPIy> > > Bruce Stirling > > -----Original Message----- > From: Cal_Boats@yahoogrou ps.com [mailto:Cal_Boats@yahoogrou ps.com] On Behalf > Of david dobbs > Sent: Wednesday, January 09, 2008 9:03 PM > To: Cal_Boats@yahoogrou ps.com > Subject: Re: [Cal_Boats] GPS > > > > You ought to try E-Bay, I got mine from a dealer that sells refurbished > units, comes with factory warranty same as new. I just can't remember the > seller. But was very reasonable price. > > David Dobbs > > > > ----- Original Message ---- > From: Lord Nougat <lord_nougat@ ...> > To: Cal_Boats@yahoogrou ps.com > Sent: Wednesday, January 9, 2008 8:22:20 PM > Subject: Re: [Cal_Boats] GPS > > > > It's floating ability sure is attractive! The one I chucked in the drink was > a Magellan eXplorist 200: really funny looking, but it did the job really > well, I thought. Everybody seems to love these garmin mostrosities though, > so I might well get one. > > > ----- Original Message ---- > From: feet <the_feet@sympatico. ca> > To: Cal_Boats@yahoogrou ps.com > Sent: Wednesday, January 9, 2008 4:28:57 PM > Subject: Re: [Cal_Boats] GPS > > > > My 2 cents, > I just retired my old garmin gps 38 -thats right, stop laughing -a gps 38. > Thing still works fine but take 30-45minutes to aquire and chews thru 4 AA's > in about 4 hrs. > > I bought a Garmin GPS 76CsX on-line and have been very happy with it. So > much faster than the old one, and 2 AA's last forever. My only complaint is > the 4-way button for the cursor is too close to the other function buttons > so you can get a lot of mis-key issues. Oh-and it floats! > > Frank > Cal31 > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: Lord Nougat > To: Cal_Boats@yahoogrou ps.com > Sent: Tuesday, January 08, 2008 9:39 PM > Subject: [Cal_Boats] GPS > > > > Okay, you guys are going to laugh at me for being a spaz, but it's okay, > I'm getting used to it now. > > I dropped my GPS in the drink over at Catalina and discovered that it does > not float. I tried all sorts of dumb things to get it back, even diving to > it - but it was deeper than it looked, and COLD!! I made it home just fine > with my compass and charts despite the fog that was taunting me. > In searching for a worthy replacement, I've found this Garmin GPSMAP 76S > <https://buy. garmin.com/ shop/shop. do?cID=161&pID=183> [I hope I made > that link right] > and it floats, but it's little brother, the 76 without an S got slightly > better reviews on Amazon. I realised that for the best reviews of all, I > should just ask you guys for your recommendations. So; what do you guys > recommend in the way of GPS thingers? > > > > ------------ --------- --------- --------- --------- --------- - -------- > -- > Never miss a thing. Make Yahoo your homepage. > > > > > > ------------ --------- --------- --------- --------- --------- - -------- > ---- > Be a better friend, newshound, and know-it-all with Yahoo! Mobile. Try it > now. > > > > > ------------ --------- --------- --------- --------- --------- - -------- > ---- > Never miss a thing. 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