Garmin 441s, plotter/fishfinder

[whipper_snapper]

I am visiting the USA and want to take the chance to pick up a decent fishfinder. WestMarine have the Garmin 441s which is also a plotter and requires an additional sounder, but it looks like a nice solid piece of kit. And although it was not part of the plan, a simple plotter in the cockpit is appealing. I already have a bluechart CD for my area, does anyone know if I can move data from it onto the this device ?


Any thoughts on it? At $440 plus $200 for a transducer, it is more money than I had expected to spend.

 

[dingdongs]

no for the charts and look here for special offers;http://bluev.co.uk/garmin-gpsmap-750s---special-offer-until-29912-827-p.asp

 

[Pete7]

We have the slight bigger and older 5xx version, brilliant bit of kit that sits in place of the compass in front of the wheel. We rarely turn the Raymarine on now. There used to be two versions, one with higher pixels which is nice. Went for the G2 vision but the preloaded chart on the UK version is pretty good. Easy enough to connect up an AIS unit.

Pete

 

[viago]

I am visiting the USA and want to take the chance to pick up a decent fishfinder. WestMarine have the Garmin 441s which is also a plotter and requires an additional sounder, but it looks like a nice solid piece of kit. And although it was not part of the plan, a simple plotter in the cockpit is appealing. I already have a bluechart CD for my area, does anyone know if I can move data from it onto the this device ?


Any thoughts on it? At $440 plus $200 for a transducer, it is more money than I had expected to spend.

seems like a perfect piece of kit for the cockpit. i want one myself. in the uk its called the 451s and comes fully loaded with uk and ireland waters charts.
not sure why you want to pay $200 for a transducer, garmin sell a good dual frequancy one here for much less http://www.gaelforcemarine.co.uk/41288/Garmin-Thru-Hull-Transducer-50-200kHz.html
the bluechart can be put on a sd card and used.