Inexpensive Garmin Option???

[tanimola]

Is there such a thing as an inexpensive option to set up my Garmin 78S handheld for a trip in the Saronic Gulf?

Or do I just bite the bullet and buy the Garmin SD Chart???

Or even just use the old fashioned Nav techniques....

 

[maby]

There are extremely inexpensive, and extremely illegal, options if you are good enough with a search engine. Be wary of viruses!

 

[Stu Jackson]

If you have a chart and know the waypoints, then you can do an in-between instead of the old nav techniques, instead of the chart on the Garmin, just set up waypoints from the chart and go from there.

 

[doug748]

I think Stu's method is a good one.

Get yourself a 16 quid Imray chart. The Garmin built in world map will tell you where land lies, waypoints will keep you out of trouble and the chart will be great for planning.

 

[Sandy]

I think Stu's method is a good one.

Get yourself a 16 quid Imray chart. The Garmin built in world map will tell you where land lies, waypoints will keep you out of trouble and the chart will be great for planning.

+1

Use the GPS for giving you a fix and plot it on the chart, easy.

 

[Neil_Y]

If you have a mobile and are due for an upgrade, a waterproof Motorola Defy and Navionics might be a solution. It's a very nice piece of kit, I've used one to Navigate along the North Coast of Brittany in and out of the rocky bits at 20knts+ where a chart would have been impossible to use.