Handheld GPS chart plotter?

Hey there,
I've had great success with my Memory-Map Navigator Stuff. It is
software which runs on your pc, or laptop (or both), and connects to a
pocket pc. It shows your exact location on the digitized blue water
charts, as well as having Topo-maps of virtually everywhere. It isn't
prohibitively expensive, and is REALLY REALLY COOL. I used it to
skirt a shoal for the first time a couple of weeks ago at the Niddle
Cup in Kingston Ontario. My wife gave it to me for X-mas last year.
You can go to their website <a style='text-decoration: underline;' href="http://www.memory-map.com" target="_blank">www.memory-map.com</a> When you get there, go
to the Pocket PC link. Make sure to include the hyphen, or you end up
on a very fuky wesite.

Good Racing,
-ford

Ryk <ryk.RemoveThis@wellingtonhouse.org> wrote in message news:<507pb0df04blckva8au5na54okhlnm4gfa.RemoveThis@4ax.com>...
 > On Thu, 27 May 2004 23:19:33 +0200, in message
 > <pan.2004.05.27.21.19.31.621537.RemoveThis@privacy.net>
 > Martin Schöön <me.RemoveThis@privacy.net> wrote:
 >
  > >My old Garmin 38 died on me recently and it is not repairable.
  > >So, I am in the market for a new GPS and I realise I can go two ways.
  > >Either I go for something 'basic', something with approximately the
  > >same features as my old 38, or I go for a unit that can show charts.
  > >My boat and the way I sail rules out the bigger, fixed units so even
  > >the chart plotter must be handheld unit like the new Garmin 60C or
  > >76C. Anyone with experience of those or simmilar GPSs? Are charts on
  > >that size of display really worth bothering with?
 >
 > I have a Garmin GPS 76 (not the GPS MAP 76) which is essentially the
 > same unit without the mapping. It provides a graphic display showing
 > your position relative to the way points you have entered which I find
 > really easy to follow, provided you know where you are going. For
 > example, I can see all the fixed marks in our club racing network and
 > know just where I am at a glance. I think adding map detail to the
 > display would just be confusing given the size. I use it in
 > conjunction with Fugawi on my notebook which gives me huge detail when
 > I need it and lets me download collections of waypoints to the GPS.
 >
 > Ryk<!-- ~MESSAGE_AFTER~ -->
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The Niddle was this past weekend? It was in Kingston? Not Clayton?

Let me know please.

Thanks,

flyer

On 19 Jun 2004 09:30:39 -0700, fhs4.RemoveThis@cornell.edu (ford) wrote:

 >Hey there,
 > I've had great success with my Memory-Map Navigator Stuff. It is
 >software which runs on your pc, or laptop (or both), and connects to a
 >pocket pc. It shows your exact location on the digitized blue water
 >charts, as well as having Topo-maps of virtually everywhere. It isn't
 >prohibitively expensive, and is REALLY REALLY COOL. I used it to
 >skirt a shoal for the first time a couple of weeks ago at the Niddle
 >Cup in Kingston Ontario. My wife gave it to me for X-mas last year.
 >You can go to their website <a style='text-decoration: underline;' href="http://www.memory-map.com" target="_blank">www.memory-map.com</a> When you get there, go
 >to the Pocket PC link. Make sure to include the hyphen, or you end up
 >on a very fuky wesite.
 >
 >Good Racing,
 >-ford
 >
 >Ryk <ryk.RemoveThis@wellingtonhouse.org> wrote in message news:<507pb0df04blckva8au5na54okhlnm4gfa.RemoveThis@4ax.com>...
  >> On Thu, 27 May 2004 23:19:33 +0200, in message
  >> <pan.2004.05.27.21.19.31.621537.RemoveThis@privacy.net>
  >> Martin Schöön <me.RemoveThis@privacy.net> wrote:
  >>
   >> >My old Garmin 38 died on me recently and it is not repairable.
   >> >So, I am in the market for a new GPS and I realise I can go two ways.
   >> >Either I go for something 'basic', something with approximately the
   >> >same features as my old 38, or I go for a unit that can show charts.
   >> >My boat and the way I sail rules out the bigger, fixed units so even
   >> >the chart plotter must be handheld unit like the new Garmin 60C or
   >> >76C. Anyone with experience of those or simmilar GPSs? Are charts on
   >> >that size of display really worth bothering with?
  >>
  >> I have a Garmin GPS 76 (not the GPS MAP 76) which is essentially the
  >> same unit without the mapping. It provides a graphic display showing
  >> your position relative to the way points you have entered which I find
  >> really easy to follow, provided you know where you are going. For
  >> example, I can see all the fixed marks in our club racing network and
  >> know just where I am at a glance. I think adding map detail to the
  >> display would just be confusing given the size. I use it in
  >> conjunction with Fugawi on my notebook which gives me huge detail when
  >> I need it and lets me download collections of waypoints to the GPS.
  >>
  >> Ryk<!-- ~MESSAGE_AFTER~ -->
 >> Stay informed about: Handheld GPS chart plotter? 

Hey,

The niddle moved to Kingston a couple of years back. It actually
happened on June 5th. I guess I was a little behind in my postings
Do you race much on Ontario?
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