Thanks for all the comment and advice on the gps replacement. I probably should have been a bit more forthcoming on what sort of use it was going to get. Our double kayak is equipped with a large Silva 85 steering compass mounted in front of my cockpit. We have digital maps covering all of New Zealand (1:50,000), and print off and laminate coverage for trips as required. With the maps under bungies in front of me, plus the easily read compass, our normal navigational requirements are met. The GPS, along with the EPIRB and cellphone are kept in plastic containers down a hatch, and would only come out for an emergency. The GPS 38 actually looks brand new. The interest in a replacement with a compass is for mountain biking in the situation where you come to a fork in the track. Your map doesn't show it, so you check your position with the gps, then check the bearing of each fork before deciding which is more likely to be the one you want. Eventually you probably find you got it wrong, but hey, at least you tried. The comments on the size of numbers in the display of various models were especially welcome. I wear glasses to correct short sight, and don't want to have to remove them to read the display (and I have tried and rejected progressive lenses). Allan Singleton Hamilton NZ *************************************************************************** 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/ ***************************************************************************Received on Wed May 19 2004 - 21:22:43 PDT
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