Re: [Paddlewise] GPS

From: Jim Farrelly <JFarrelly5_at_comcast.net>
Date: Fri, 27 Aug 2004 11:50:36 -0400
~Holmes wrote:

>I have used a Garmin Eterx Venture for a bit over two years now.
>
>
>I use mine primarily for travel time and distance documentation and occasionally use the compass feature.  
>

A GPS does document everything well but I still haven't bought one and 
really don't plan to.  Am I becoming a dinosaur by holding on to my 
paper chart and deck compass and never planning on giving them up?  A 
GPS is a very useful tool.  I simply get a kick out of doing it all on 
paper and by eye.  Especially the eye part.  Makes me feel more 
connected to whats going on around me.  Oh......and I am cheap too.  If 
you gave me a GPS I would play with it although I would still prefer to 
do locations and crossings  manually. I rarely paddle far enough to need 
to plot a course.

Jim et al
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