Magellan Explorist MapSend BlueNav Cartography

[NFCN]

I bought a Magellan Explorist XL handheld chartplotter last year and am really pleased with it - rugged, intuitive and a large screen.

However, what's not so good is the cartography. While you can pick up a detailed map these days for the whole of the UK from the other makes at a pretty reasonable cost, it seems that the Magellan Mapsend is both limited and expensive. I have the UK South version and am planning a jaunt up to the Western Isles in a couple of weeks, and have found myself geographically and financially stymied.

Has anyone had experience of this and can anyone guide me in the right direction?

Many thanks

Nick

 

[weaver_fish]

Oh man - I had major troubles with the cartography. I loved the Explorist but the charts were c**p. They had the whole of the South West marked in red dots as a military practice area - so much so that the charts were almost unreadable. I got passed around the system for 6 months trying to get an update or at least someone to admit there was a problem. In the end the retailer accepted the unit back and I bought a Standard Horizon CP180!

 

[CET1]

Have a look at compass24 they seam to advertise the charts at a reasonable cost. We use ours locally for day sailing but when venturing further a field we resort back to our cut down laptop, navionics deck mounted 15" monitor and pc plotter.