any problem bringing GPS's onboard?

"Tyger" wrote in message
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My Magellan traveled just fine with me, and also had limited mapping
already built in. I did fire it up while airborne, just to gawk at
covering the ground at 500+ mph, but didn't know if it was prohibited
or not (they didn't brief on it), so I didn't keep it on very long.
Never used it on shore (was a bit paranoid about theft), but did try to
keep a good track on our ship's progress. I learned that the unit only
stores 2,000 track points .. about 24 hours' worth .. so all the rest
of the saiing days where I dutifully kept charging and swapping
batteries were for nothing .. ah well, it was kind of fun to watch
our progress, and to be able to identify some of the 'mystery'
landmarks we passed.


You need a navigation chart in your cabin if you want to track the route. A
navigation chart shows the navigable waters. You can see where the ship
avoids shallow water and makes turns. Plot the GPS waypoints on the chart
and it's easy to keep track of what the ship is doing.

--Tom

"Tom K" wrote:


"Tyger" wrote in message
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My Magellan traveled just fine with me, and also had limited mapping
already built in. I did fire it up while airborne, just to gawk at
covering the ground at 500+ mph, but didn't know if it was prohibited
or not (they didn't brief on it), so I didn't keep it on very long.
Never used it on shore (was a bit paranoid about theft), but did try to
keep a good track on our ship's progress. I learned that the unit only
stores 2,000 track points .. about 24 hours' worth .. so all the rest
of the saiing days where I dutifully kept charging and swapping
batteries were for nothing .. ah well, it was kind of fun to watch
our progress, and to be able to identify some of the 'mystery'
landmarks we passed.


You need a navigation chart in your cabin if you want to track the route. A
navigation chart shows the navigable waters. You can see where the ship
avoids shallow water and makes turns. Plot the GPS waypoints on the chart
and it's easy to keep track of what the ship is doing.

The ship had a chart posted near the dining room on the bb. The
problem with a chart in the cabin was that we couldn't use the GPS in
the cabin. I suppose if we had an outside balcony it might have been
possible , but I could only use mine on an outside deck with nothing
overhead. I had it hooked to charting software on the computer.

I've never had anything but Garmins and the tracks usually last more
than 24 hours (I've used the tracks when we were leaving port in a fog
to prove to my husband that the marker that he saw WAS TOO the one
that he should be looking at before we went aground) and also as an
anchor watch. But we aren't moving very fast compared to an airplane
or cruise ship.


grandma Rosalie
http://www12.virtualtourist.com/m/4a9c6/

"Rosalie B." wrote in message
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"Tom K" wrote:


"Tyger" wrote in message
roups.com...
My Magellan traveled just fine with me, and also had limited mapping
already built in. I did fire it up while airborne, just to gawk at
covering the ground at 500+ mph, but didn't know if it was prohibited
or not (they didn't brief on it), so I didn't keep it on very long.
Never used it on shore (was a bit paranoid about theft), but did try to
keep a good track on our ship's progress. I learned that the unit only
stores 2,000 track points .. about 24 hours' worth .. so all the rest
of the saiing days where I dutifully kept charging and swapping
batteries were for nothing .. ah well, it was kind of fun to watch
our progress, and to be able to identify some of the 'mystery'
landmarks we passed.


You need a navigation chart in your cabin if you want to track the route.
A
navigation chart shows the navigable waters. You can see where the ship
avoids shallow water and makes turns. Plot the GPS waypoints on the chart
and it's easy to keep track of what the ship is doing.

The ship had a chart posted near the dining room on the bb. The
problem with a chart in the cabin was that we couldn't use the GPS in
the cabin. I suppose if we had an outside balcony it might have been
possible , but I could only use mine on an outside deck with nothing
overhead. I had it hooked to charting software on the computer.

I've never had anything but Garmins and the tracks usually last more
than 24 hours

I go up on deck and enter a waypoint. Then I plot it on the chart.

Thus spake Rosalie B. :

"Tom K" wrote:


"Tyger" wrote in message
roups.com...
My Magellan traveled just fine with me, and also had limited mapping
already built in. I did fire it up while airborne, just to gawk at
covering the ground at 500+ mph, but didn't know if it was prohibited
or not (they didn't brief on it), so I didn't keep it on very long.
Never used it on shore (was a bit paranoid about theft), but did try to
keep a good track on our ship's progress. I learned that the unit only
stores 2,000 track points .. about 24 hours' worth .. so all the rest
of the saiing days where I dutifully kept charging and swapping
batteries were for nothing .. ah well, it was kind of fun to watch
our progress, and to be able to identify some of the 'mystery'
landmarks we passed.


You need a navigation chart in your cabin if you want to track the route. A
navigation chart shows the navigable waters. You can see where the ship
avoids shallow water and makes turns. Plot the GPS waypoints on the chart
and it's easy to keep track of what the ship is doing.

The ship had a chart posted near the dining room on the bb. The
problem with a chart in the cabin was that we couldn't use the GPS in
the cabin. I suppose if we had an outside balcony it might have been
possible , but I could only use mine on an outside deck with nothing
overhead. I had it hooked to charting software on the computer.

I've never had anything but Garmins and the tracks usually last more
than 24 hours (I've used the tracks when we were leaving port in a fog
to prove to my husband that the marker that he saw WAS TOO the one
that he should be looking at before we went aground) and also as an
anchor watch. But we aren't moving very fast compared to an airplane
or cruise ship.


grandma Rosalie
http://www12.virtualtourist.com/m/4a9c6/

I'm going to try celestial on my next cruise. I'm getting pretty good
at shooting stars.
--
dillon

Could have been is in the past
Could be is in the future
There is only the now