Winnipesaukee Forum - View Single Post - New to boating looking for advice on GPS's

persistence · 03-21-2016, 08:20 AM

I'm mainly on salt water, where I have a mounted chart plotter and I keep an older Garmin Colorado running for backup. It's also nice for passengers to look at without cramming the helm. I always have paper charts on board. I've had nav systems go down together, and its pretty nice to pull that chart out when needed. it usually happens as you approach a shoal or at speed

I think the same goes for the lake. Always have a paper chart on board. I'm learning the lake, and have found that the navionics app with my Iphone is pretty nice. it covers the U.S. and I was happy to see the lake included. A good way to learn is keep the gps running and compare landmarks to the chart as you go.

03-21-2016, 08:20 AM	#28
persistence Senior Member Join Date: Mar 2016 Posts: 109 Thanks: 6 Thanked 21 Times in 18 Posts	I'm mainly on salt water, where I have a mounted chart plotter and I keep an older Garmin Colorado running for backup. It's also nice for passengers to look at without cramming the helm. I always have paper charts on board. I've had nav systems go down together, and its pretty nice to pull that chart out when needed. it usually happens as you approach a shoal or at speed I think the same goes for the lake. Always have a paper chart on board. I'm learning the lake, and have found that the navionics app with my Iphone is pretty nice. it covers the U.S. and I was happy to see the lake included. A good way to learn is keep the gps running and compare landmarks to the chart as you go.