GPS Florida intercoastal/KW
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You are correct no sounder or speedo strictly navigation. I have a 546s on my Boston Whaler works great , screen is just a little small, but a great unit Good luck and be careful
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My only complaint is the crumb trail memory. It fills up. Last trip to the keys it lost the trails from a couple years ago, not very handy! I talked to garmin at the miami show. I could save the trails on to a chip, but its not automatic. I told them I wanted to just buy a big sd card and leave it in the slot, not so said them..
My 478 has a setting so they dont roll off the end when the mem fills up.
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With the sounder they install a transducer either on the transom, in the bilge or on the bottom of the hull, mine's going in the bilge.
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The app is just off what has been charted. So I would be nervous with tides, sea levels and accuracy when it was last charted.
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Thanks again.
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I don't have a installed VHF, I'm probably getting a good hand held for minimal use and emergencies.
I don't have any plans on heading out 20-30 miles out into the gulf, mostly intercoastal and occasional KW run.
I don't have any plans on heading out 20-30 miles out into the gulf, mostly intercoastal and occasional KW run.
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The garmins are available without the "s". The sounder feature. The depth finder that came with the 382 works fine. The GPS is very accurate at 80mph in the keys. When I look at the screen and see a channel marker with a number Its reassuring when I look out where it should be and.....there it is, right where the gps said it was going to be! I just wish it had more built in memory. All the places we have explored with this 382 should stay in the memory!! Loosing tracks is bad....guess its the same as getting old..HMM
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Fossil Fuel what are you replacing your 382 with. Great looking boat and awesome set up. Had a 382 w/525's loved it