wrote:
On Mon, 23 Mar 2015 13:25:27 -0400, "Mr. Luddite"
wrote:
On 3/23/2015 12:48 PM, Wayne.B wrote:
On Mon, 23 Mar 2015 11:02:47 -0400, wrote:
As for the question at hand, I think a tablet would do most of your
navigation needs in a boat and the main issue would be the packaging.
If you are running a dry cruising boat like Wayne it should be fine
but in a CC fishing boat you want something tougher.
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Navionics on a large smartphone in a ziploc baggie works pretty well,
even in the dinghy.
Future boat plans are for something in the 36'-38' range that will have
an enclosed helm station so I don't think salt spray, etc, will be an
issue. If I ever get a smaller, outboard type boat a cheap, dedicated
Garmin or whatever would suffice. I wouldn't be going cruising in it.
What ever happened to the days when local knowledge was all you
needed? I know people who can't seem to find their way to the Publix
without the nav system in their car and they have lived here 20 years.
I am still not sure why you need electronics if you are not going
offshore.
I certainly would not trust the NOAA charts in the bays around here..
In the local Sacramento River Delta, easy to get lost. Lots,of tall
levees, and parallel channels. So can not eyeball where you are at times,
and riprap levee's can appear very similar.