Alex wrote: >.... > My preference would've been X, if I were to paddle through the forest - > which usually doesn't happen to a sea kayaker, or crossing, say, all the > stretch of the northwest Bluechart Canada section in one long multiday > expedition (from the south-east end of the Puget Sound to the north-west > of > Queen Charlotte archipelago) - but I've heard of only few people that've > managed that. This is more than a thousand kilometers. > Not to be thumping my chest too much here but I've done the inside and outside passage between B'ham and Lituya bay or north end Glacier bay. I may have the good fortune to do the same or similar trip this summer. I think more than a few people do similar trips each year. I don't own a GPS. The main advantage in owning one might be in saving the hassle of hauling around a pile of nautical charts. But I really don't like looking at say Topozone maps on the computer scene. I just can't get the big picture very well. I suspect the small screen of a GPS would be even worse. I'm trying to decide if a GPS is in my future. The hassle with batteries on long trips and a fragile gadget on deck are pretty big disadvantages for me to get my head around. But, maybe others out there can give me their best sales pitch on why I should own one? Thanks in advance, 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/ ***************************************************************************Received on Fri Dec 29 2006 - 19:36:26 PST
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