Re: TWL: Marine Electronics
Subject: Re: TWL: Marine Electronics
GordCoInc@XXX.XXX
Date: Wed Sep 04 2002 - 17:02:23 EDT
Jane and Kerry,
We use a laptop (Dell) running Nobeltec VNS, a single cord connects the
laptop to the installed GPS (Raynav 300) and autopilot (Robertson). This
provides the GPS signal to the VNS software, and the nav signal to the
autopilot. The autopilot simply follows the route. We have two Garmin GPS 48
units for backup. It is easy to load the routes from the laptop into the GPS,
vs. laboriously loading waypoints into the unit manually. We are in the PNW,
Region 15 and Canadian P1 cover Olympia to the north end of Vancouver Island,
cost +/- $350 total for awesome vector charts. Previous boats with
older-style C-Map chips required $600 to cover Olympia to Vancouver, BC, with
far less data. Hope this helps.
Regards,
Scott Gordon
Starstream
GB 42-944
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