Electronics again

[oldbluesplayer]

Just an added thought, being an old fart, I still keep a chart up on the dash, and pretty much just use the gps to confirm location, so I haven't really dived into all the deeper functions that I guess you can get out of these things.

Also, I guess I do like having 2 seperate units, and having both the gps screen and ff screen, being on full time, and not reduced in the split screen view, or switching back and forth.

Bill

[ScottM]

from what I saw of Eagle / Lowrance at the show, their base charts are the same, and you'll have to buy the upgrade chip.

Bill, you're correct about the Lowrance units. Last year my father bought one of their color chartplotters and used only the base map. By the end of the season he was complaining about the lack of detail. I had to give him the "I told you so", seeing as I kept trying to convince him to buy a chip since day 1.

[Michael Vezzosi]

Well here I sit, reading instructions to install my cheap Eagle 168 FF on my 15 Whaler. Part I picked it up for me last Christmas. Really wnted to go with a Garmin plotter/FF to switch between boats but the season is approaching. Funny thing is I'll probably travel outside the local area with Whaler before SeaCraft. I really don't want to add two screws in transom for ducer. Anyone ever 52/4200 a small piece of starboard/cutting board to the transom, then screwing into that? Guess I'll still have to screw a cable tie into the transom above the ducer, so when adhesive gives (of course at full throttle) it won't whack me over the head. Just trying to keep this old hull dry as long as I can. Thanks. Part II.