[Rhodes22-list] GPS Choice

[Geoff Farrell]

I believe you can get water resistant cases for the Ipad. Additionally, I
see people using their Ereaders (specifically Kindles) outside and at the
beach all the time. I think with reasonable care you will be fine.
Certainly, people use their laptops on board all the time and I would
suspect an Ipad would be much more water resistant than a laptop.

On Sat, Feb 4, 2012 at 8:52 AM, <R22RumRunner at aol.com> wrote:

> Art,
> How much moisture will the iPad tolerate? I'm not so sure it is suitable
> for a marine environment????????
>
> Rummy
>
>
> In a message dated 2/3/2012 9:03:00 P.M. Eastern Standard Time,
> cover-man at comcast.net writes:
>
> iPad is  an excellent gps platform.  It is also the best choice for movies,
> music,  and on and on.  A recent cnet article reported that most users do
> not  access 70% of their downloaded apps - in my case very true, although
> the
> other  30% are really valuable.
>
> Art
>
> Have a nice day!
>
> On Feb 2,  2012, at 8:09 PM, Bob Keller <r22yankeeclipper at hotmail.com>
> wrote:
>
> >
> > My brother-in-law (who sails a J109 out of  Annapolis) uses his Ipad and
> it is pretty good, but only as a secondary  unit.  One problem is that you
> can't integrate it with you autopilot and  other instruments.  That's why I
> prefer the GPSMap 478.BK
> >>  Date: Thu, 2 Feb 2012 09:29:55 -0600
> >> From:  geoffreylfarrell at gmail.com
> >> To:  rhodes22-list at rhodes22.org
> >> Subject: Re: [Rhodes22-list] GPS  Choice
> >>
> >> Thanks, great article. I second their opinion  on INavX. I use it on my
> Ipod
> >> Touch. I really want an Ipad but  they are so darn expensive. I'd have
> to
> >> cut in to my liquor budget  to afford it and I'm not willing to do that.
> >>
> >> On Thu,  Feb 2, 2012 at 8:58 AM, Chris Cowie
> <ccowie at cowieassociates.com>wrote:
> >>
> >>>  Practical Sailor has a good review of ipad options.
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>
>
> http://www.practical-sailor.com/issues/37_14/features/ipad_nav_apps_10715-1.html
> >>>
> >>> Christopher P. Cowie
> >>>
> >>>
> >>> Please consider the environment before printing this  email.
> >>>
> >>> -----Original  Message-----
> >>> From: rhodes22-list-bounces at rhodes22.org  [mailto:
> >>> rhodes22-list-bounces at rhodes22.org] On Behalf Of  Geoff Farrell
> >>> Sent: Thursday, February 02, 2012 9:33  AM
> >>> To: The Rhodes 22 Email List
> >>> Subject: Re:  [Rhodes22-list] GPS Choice
> >>>
> >>> Is anybody using  an Ipad for navigation?
> >>>
> >>> On Thu, Feb 2, 2012  at 8:16 AM, Bob Keller
> <r22yankeeclipper at hotmail.com
> >>>>  wrote:
> >>>
> >>>>
> >>>> I tend to  agree.  I use a Garmin GPSMap 478 because it is a portable
> (not
> >>>> handheld) chartplotter that has all the maps for  NA.  Portable works
> for
> >>> me
> >>>> because I  use it on both my powerboat and R-22.  But as a
> chartplotter,
>
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