Next message: Todd Mains: "RE: T&T: Re: Alaska, Tragedy or Satire"
good point... I never make any drastic changes within a few days of a
trip... whether it's a computer, boat or car. any maintenance gets done at
least a week before to make sure there are no surprises...
pascal
----- Original Message -----
From: "Bob Austin" <>
To: "1Trawler world" <>
Sent: Thursday, October 07, 2004 3:21 PM
Subject: T&T: Re: Alaska, Tragedy or Satire
> One of the lessons to be learned from this experience is to use any
navigation
> program (or any system) for a peroid of time before you really set out on
a
> trip. When GPS first came out, I used a unit for a week on my car before
> flying to Australia where it was to be used on a boat--during this week we
> found some bugs and took the unit back to Micrologic, so we had the latest
> upgrades when we left.
>
> I have and still use Visual Navigator 4.01 and as Randy, have had very few
> problems--I don't see the need to update. On the other hand, I do 95% of
my
> actual navigation on dedicated chart plotters. I like the screens (even
if
> they are considerably smaller). There is less to go wrong and minimal
risk of
> a crash. Plus I can move the chart chips from plotter to plotter--not
like
> th two unit policy of Garmin (which cost them my business).
>
> Regards,
>
> Bob Austin
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