So what do you call your Sat Nav .. NB

[samwise]

My Garmin Zumo has a wide choice of voices and languages, so occasionally we opt for directions in Danish, but generally we rely on the measured tones of Daniel ( Doris was too stroppy), but he is **** on some of our very minor lanes, taking us down an assault course in an effort to achieve the shortest route. You still can't beat a really good map, but the satnav is great on my motorcycle when map reading can be downright dangerous in some circumstances ( Paris Peripherique fx) The good thing is that on the bike you can choose not have a voice at all and rely on the screen map and visual directions. Just got a new Garmin touch screen plotter so we will have to work on a name for that.

 

[oldharry]

'Navigator' after the chidrens film Flight of the Navigator. Once functioning its usually gets cdalled "Dont be so b****y silly"

 

[Plyn]

My Satnav is a very well spoken lady, we call her Selina.

 

[Oceanis]

The satnav in the car is called dear as in "yes dear" and "righto dear". The one on the boat doesn't have a name but is sworn at regularly.

 

[Shorn100]

I once had a handheld Raytheon chart plotter called Ray.

But now I have a Navman PDA called Nina - usually said in the same way as Harry Enfield's south african pharmicist when calling his assistant!

Shorn

 

[dslittle]

Oh dear

So whats yours called ......

And there I was thinking that we were a bit sad calling our GPS 'Gloria' and we were the only ones... This is a bit like an AA Meeting (not the Automobile Association!!!)

 

[blueglass]

Connie is the back seat driver in the car
George is the autopilot on the boat - WWII spitfire talk you know, Roger.

 

[trapezeartist]

According to my dad, though, all seagulls are also called George (apart from a handful called Nigel) so I guess there's scope for confusion.

And the one called Jonathan Livingstone. And Fletcher.

 

[Bajansailor]

I dont think that Tom Tom (or any car type) satnavs work here in Barbados - I have never seen one here - but no worries, on a wee island its difficult (ha! say the tourists gazing at their semi-useless road maps) to get lost.....

On our boat the satnav (a humble Garmin 72) is called Lucifer, and the Hydrovane is another George (or Georg rather, after a German sailing friend).

Some friends on a heavy displacement Colin Archer gaff ketch had an Aries called Wilhelm, and a tiller pilot called Otto.

 

[iain789]

The first electronic navigator I ever had was a Decca set called "Dick". If you had seen the pushpit aerial you would have known why.

 

[Twister_Ken]

The first electronic navigator I ever had was a Decca set called "Dick". If you had seen the pushpit aerial you would have known why.

S'funny, our Decca was called Desmond.

 

[Monique]

Mine is called Truus.... German efficiency

 

[electrosys]

I don't have one, I even turned down a free one when my mum upgraded hers.

I don't have one in the car either - I've spent years honing my 'getting lost' skills to grandmaster level - I ain't gonna chuck that away so easily ...

On the water however, for me the GPS has the status of God - I never tire of it's ability to present coordinates at the push of a button. No faffing about with watches and pencils and trying to do calculations when dog-tired. No more Dead Reckoning when the sky's overcast. 'Suppose if I were 13, I'd take this satellite stuff for granted, but I ain't, so I don't.