> I could see the vague outline of shore but couldn't see > where I had come from. When I got myself and the arrow in > alignment, I didn't agree with the GPS but decided to trust > it and eventually got in the general area. Don't use the arrow. Stick with "bearing" on the GPS and a magnetic compass. At the slow speeds a kayak travels, the little arrow, speed, time to next waypoint (there is probably more) are just a bit more than useless. Even your trip odometer can rack up milage sitting in one place on the shore pretty quickly. The GPS does a good job of knowing where it is at. It also does a great job of telling you the bearing to another location (waypoint). But a compass is still the best tool to put that bearing to good use. Woody *************************************************************************** PaddleWise Paddling Mailing List Submissions: paddlewise_at_lists.intelenet.net Subscriptions: paddlewise-request_at_lists.intelenet.net Website: http://www.gasp-seakayak.net/paddlewise/ ***************************************************************************Received on Mon May 10 1999 - 13:58:52 PDT
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