Alex said, "I recall now a story about kayaker blown off to the sea at Hawaii. It took 2 or 3 days to find him after he placed his distress call. Would take much less if he knew his exact location." I saw this on the weather channel the other night. I missed the first part of the story but it seems like the man was depending on the usual weather patterns to keep him safe. When a freak storm blew him out to see his goose was almost cooked. If it was not for the cell phone he would have been cooked. If he had a GPS the Coast Guard search would have lasted minutes instead of days. The other thing I could not figure out is if the guy had a compass? At one point he said that he could see the twin peaks of the islands. Seems like if he had a compass he could have triangulated the twin peaks and at least get a rough idea of where he was to the USCG... But maybe I missed the part about his compass. Later, Dan McCarty *************************************************************************** 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/ ***************************************************************************
----- > could not figure out is if the guy had a compass? At one point he said > that he > could see the twin peaks of the islands. Seems like if he had a compass > he could > have triangulated the twin peaks and at least get a rough idea of where he > was to > the USCG... You know, I've posted this but honestly can't say what other lessons can be learned there except for wearing any sort of communication device. As it has transpired by the end of the discussion, almost nobody wears GPS 'cause it needs a waterproof case or drybag and therefore can not be weared, besides it may die on the deck inside a drybag due to overheating and humidity. I'd like to hear if anybody tried Aquapack bags for GPS, though. I read somehwat contradicting versions of this story, and don't remember now if he was still in his kayak or not; and if he wasn't, I doubt that he was physically and emotionally capable of estimating his location using triangular methods. *************************************************************************** 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/ ***************************************************************************
Alex wrote: - >I'd like to hear if anybody tried Aquapack bags for GPS, G'Day, I'm puzzled as to why Garmin are able to make a perfectly good waterproof VHF Marine transceiver but appear to be having trouble making a water proof GPS - I don't own a GPS but am intending to buy one. I've had a Garmin VHF transceiver for years and taken no special care except to keep it in an Aquapack. It only comes out to recharge batteries. It gets very hot on the deck in the Australian sun and extremely wet in surf and rolling exercises. Still works fine though. Is there a fundamental difference between a GPS and a transceiver, which makes the GPS more vulnerable to water? All the best, PeterO *************************************************************************** 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/ ***************************************************************************
> Alex wrote: - > >I'd like to hear if anybody tried Aquapack bags for GPS, > My Garmin GPS Map76 is used in an Aquapack bag and it works fine. The only disadvantage is that the screen is a little more difficult to read - especially some of the smaller writing on the map page. Steve Holtzman Southern CA *************************************************************************** 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/ ***************************************************************************
On 16 Feb 2004 at 22:40, PeterO wrote: > Is there a fundamental difference between a GPS and a transceiver, > which makes the GPS more vulnerable to water? No. There's lots of gadgets that are waterproof - cameras, underwater housings, EPIRBS etc that can handle these conditions. I had a camera that could handle unlimited submersion to 5m; a Nikonos can do much better, My current underwater housing for my didgital camera handles 30m. The only limit on what Garmin can do is their perception of the market. As long as they think a marine GPS only has to work on the deck of a big boat, they'll continue to make then as they do. It's not just Garmin. Several marine VHF units have waterproof rechargeable batteries but non-waterproof backup battery holders (alkaline) There's no reason for this. Mike *************************************************************************** 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/ ***************************************************************************
At 11:15 PM -0800 2/15/04, alex wrote: >I'd like to hear if anybody tried Aquapack bags for GPS, though. I've used my Garmin 48 in a Aquapack on my deck for around six years now. Never had a problem with it. Easy to use as well, but then again, the 48 is a pretty simple unit. -Patrick *************************************************************************** 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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