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Originally Posted by Glove
To JRC - Based on our age, neither my wife nor I have to pass the Safe Boater Education Certificate until January 2007, but will do so this winter anyway.
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It can't hurt, I did it early too. I actually learned a few things, which is tough to imagine because my wife says I'm a know it all
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Originally Posted by Glove
Now on to GPS navigation/chartplotter. I've decided on Navman 5500 rather than the Standard Horizon CP155 (both will take a C-MAP chip, and I'll purchase the Bizer Winni-chip). I just have to decide whether to get the one with external versus integrated antenna, and how to mount it so it doesn't obscure any of the dashboard instrument gauges.
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Most people have found that the internal antenna works great on open boats, like yours. So why fuss with mounting an antenna. Obscuring the instruments was a problem for me as well. There is no clean answer on many boats. The GPS will have a speedometer which will be more accurate than your boats, so maybe you can block the boats speedometer. Someone on this board can up with that idea.
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Originally Posted by Glove
Spring seems so far away...the only consolation is that I have plenty of time to work on the truck and snowblower.
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I bought a new boat this fall as well, so I know how you feel.