Chart Plotters who has one?
 

Anybody else looking to buy a new GPS Chart Plotter? I'm looking for one to use up on Lake Erie and trying to find out who has what and if they like it/hate it etc? Right now I'm looking at the Garmin GPSMAP 430s or 530s, they are brand new models coming out this year. Anybody heard good/bad?

I have one for sale in the classifieds http://www.offshoreonly.com/classifi...t=2961&cat=500

I use a Garmin 182 c in Lake erie and love it, you can kinda see where it is mounted in these pictures.

garmins are great iam on my fourth, every generation seems to get better.

I have the Lowrance 337 and it has been great. Has a five inch screen and just barely fit into the dash of the 38 special.
I would have liked to go bigger but this one works very nicely.

I have 2 Garmin's a 276c and 3210c. They are great units!

What color is your Baja?

Garmin 276C and 3006C.

I have used both Ray Marine and Garmin and like the Garmin much better, and prefer the blue chip 10 to 1 over the C-Map.

Get the largest screen you can and get color.

They make life easy.

Thanks for all the help guys!!


Yellow sides, then a little orange and red transom. Right now I keep it at Pier 75 but will probably move it to Port Clinton this summer since I took a new job in Cleveland, plus that way it will be closer to the islands.

Where is that picture on the left taken at? It looks like this place my cousin likes to hang out at that we call 'Party Island', I think technically its called North Cape, over on the west side of the bay right after you get out on the lake coming out of Toledo.

That is woodtick and it is right where you think it is. I keep mine at Pier 75 also. Been there about 4 years now. Surprised I haven't seen ya down there. Are you going to drive back and forth from Cleveland? I thought about moving mine to Port Clinton but if the lake is too bad I can always hang in the muddy maumee

I only had mine down there for about two months last season. I've got the rack until the end of July at Pier 75, I think I'll just keep it so when I come over to hang out with my cousin I have a place to put it. I thought about moving it to Cleveland but it would cost a couple hundred dollars a trip to run it back and forth. :eek: I figure Port Clinton would work that way I still have a good boat ride over here, closer to the Islands, but could offset the fuel cost some. The Honda gets just a touch better mpg than the big block.

What barn is yours in? I'm always peeking around in there to check out the other boats down there :evilb:

I am in the middle one. Rack number 99

I've got the Garmin 276C and love it. It uses the Bluechips and you can also use it in the car as the antenna is built into it.