December 28, 2005 10:44
Greetings,
I've been sailing for several years on a daysailor and am moving up to a real cruising sailboat (Bristol 24). The boat was abandoned and I'm working with a yard to restore her. I've been browsing around for electronics and would appreciate our comments on how I plan to set it up.
I have a powerbook and just purchased MacENC (very cool!). I have a handheld GPS (Garmin eTrex) that I plan to use in the cockpit. I envision using MacENC to layout a series of waypoints for the day's sailing and transfer them to the eTrex. Periodically (hourly?) I envision transferring fixes back to MacENC so I can double check and record my progress. Does this make sense? I'm also thinking of permanently mounting a GPS antenna (a Garmin 17-HVS) to continuously update our position on MacENC. Has anyone successfully connected one of these (or the 17-N version it replaced) to a Mac? I would welcome any comments on suggestions (especially, anything I might be overlooking).
Thanks,
Andy
I've been sailing for several years on a daysailor and am moving up to a real cruising sailboat (Bristol 24). The boat was abandoned and I'm working with a yard to restore her. I've been browsing around for electronics and would appreciate our comments on how I plan to set it up.
I have a powerbook and just purchased MacENC (very cool!). I have a handheld GPS (Garmin eTrex) that I plan to use in the cockpit. I envision using MacENC to layout a series of waypoints for the day's sailing and transfer them to the eTrex. Periodically (hourly?) I envision transferring fixes back to MacENC so I can double check and record my progress. Does this make sense? I'm also thinking of permanently mounting a GPS antenna (a Garmin 17-HVS) to continuously update our position on MacENC. Has anyone successfully connected one of these (or the 17-N version it replaced) to a Mac? I would welcome any comments on suggestions (especially, anything I might be overlooking).
Thanks,
Andy
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