[Rhodes22-list] GPS selection

[Kroposki]

Bob,
    Have you checked into the Magellan Gold or Platinum?  From the
articles I seen, they are now ahead of Garmin.

    I recently got a Platinum, but its primary purpose is mountain
hiking.  It performs very well in rugged terrain.  Past GPS were useless
in valleys in the mountains.  This thing is locking onto satellites in
my living room.  

    In either case, if you are looking for a reliable internet order
place, I have had good results from:
    
http://www.selectzone.com

These guys may not be the cheapest, but they are competitive.
                        Ed K                  



-----Original Message-----
From: rhodes22-list-bounces@rhodes22.org
[mailto:rhodes22-list-bounces@rhodes22.org] On Behalf Of Bob Weber
Sent: Wednesday, February 26, 2003 11:41 AM
To: rhodes22-list@rhodes22.org
Subject: Re: [Rhodes22-list] GPS selection

Bob, I got the Garmin 76 for christmas this year,  It has the vmg
feature.  
I have been playing with it all winter trying to learn the best uses of
it.  
I think it will help my racing results as long as I have someone who can

sail the boat while I fiddle with the toy.  Another feature that I think

will be useful is the bearing to the mark, so I can in theory know when
to 
tack inorder to make the mark.  The fact that it floats was the final 
selling feature for this sailor.  I have made enough sacrifices to
posiden.

Bob W.






>From: "Robert Dilk" <Robert.Dilk@trw.com>
>Reply-To: The Rhodes 22 mail list <rhodes22-list@rhodes22.org>
>To: <rhodes22-list@rhodes22.org>
>Subject: [Rhodes22-list] GPS selection
>Date: Wed, 26 Feb 2003 10:24:28 -0500
>
>I was looking at the Garmin GPS 76.
>  I used to have a Garmin GPS 45 and I believe it had a VMG function
that 
>would tell me Velocity made Good to the mark.
>The 76 does not seem to have this feature.
>Any suggestions on GPS hand-held?
>
>Bob
>S/V Knot Necessary
>
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