For those of you that have Garmin GPS units. Garmin is offering a $50 rebate on their Americas Bluechart CD. I found it on line for $109, net after rebate $59. The Lake Superior charts are the reason I bought the CD. I think $59 for electronic charts of all of Lake Superior, US and Canada is a good price. I've been a fan of Garmin GPS for a while my first GPS was a Garmin 45. The 45 was retired in favor of a 12XL. The 12XL was retired for a 76S. So far I am impressed with the 76S technology and user interface. I'm not convinced that the Electronic Compass or the barometer are worth much, but the 24 MB of RAM for maps is well worth the cost differential between the 76 and the 76S. I purchased the Mapsource Topo CD with the GPS. The topo maps include water way markers on Lake Superior, but not on the border lakes in Voyageurs National Park or the markers on the Mississippi. I cannot say if the information is better for costal marine markers. Despite my personal preference for Garmin GPS units, the new Magellan GPS, that float, have removable cards for map data and are less expensive than the Garmin units may be a good choice for new GPS users who do not have investments in software and cables. For links to websites with equipment reviews and other GPS information check out the resources page on www.inlandseakyakers.org Dana *************************************************************************** PaddleWise Paddling Mailing List - Any opinions or suggestions expressed here are solely those of the writer(s). You must assume the entire responsibility for reliance upon them. All postings copyright the author. Submissions: PaddleWise_at_PaddleWise.net Subscriptions: PaddleWise-request_at_PaddleWise.net Website: http://www.paddlewise.net/ ***************************************************************************
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