Re: Stus-List Garmin 276C BlueChart upgrade? Replace?

2016-02-05 Thread Ryan Doyle via CnC-List 
Hi Richard,

We do mostly day sailing from up on the Hudson down the NJ coast - no serious 
cruising or offshore stuff.  FWIW... I love my little Lowrance unit.  I was 
originally drawn to the Lowrance name because my grandfather had Lowrance 
navigation equipment in his old Piper Dakota.  

You might want something bigger with more bells and whistles, but I like the 
simplicity of my little Elite 4.  The one thing I might do if I was buying now 
is get a Lowrance model with a larger screen.  Ours is very bright, but no more 
than 5"x3".

We have an Elite 4 without a depth transducer.  It was an absolute steal 
price-wise (I think it was under $170).  It has a bright color screen and it's 
easy to read.  You can upgrade to full Navionics charts with a little SD card 
for around $120 at WestMarine if I remember correctly.  The unit comes with a 
more basic chart set already installed.

I also have the Navionics apps on my iphone and ipad as backups, as well as 
paper charts, of course. 

I've heard people complain about customer service with Lowrance, but I've never 
had to call as my unit has always worked.  Build quality seems great and I find 
the menus easy to use. 

Again, you may be looking for something with more bells and whistles... If so 
I'd look at Lowrance's higher end models.  I've heard the new Garmin units are 
great as well, but I've never owned one. Hope this helps a little.

All the best,
Ryan



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> On Feb 5, 2016, at 08:47, Richard Walter via CnC-List  
> wrote:
> 
> Ahoy!
> 
> We love our old Garmin 276C. It is time, however, to upgrade. Should we 
> upgrade our BlueCharts? If so how? Or should we get a new GPS/chartplotter 
> altogether? We have the Raymarine ST-60s on the boat already.
> 
> We sail NYC to Maine.
> 
> Thanks,
> Richard 
> s/v INDIGO
> Watch Hill
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Re: Stus-List Garmin 276C BlueChart upgrade? Replace?

2016-02-05 Thread Bill Bina - gmail via CnC-List 
The 276c remains one of the most useful units Garmin ever produced. I 
still use mine, but mostly on the screen showing estimated arrivals, SOG 
etc. In other words, I use it as a trip computer. One thing about these 
units is that at some point, the internal button battery wears out and 
the unit will stop holding settings. This happened to mine a couple 
years ago, and I was able to find information on how to replace it, and 
suggestions on exactly what battery number is needed. It is a special 
button battery with leads welded to it so it can be soldered to the 
circuit board. You cannot directly solder a button battery to anything. 
This repair was well worth the effort involved. That said, I'm not sure 
chart updates are even still available, and I bought a newer Garmin with 
included charts and a bigger brighter screen to use as a dedicated chart 
display.


Bill Bina

On 2/5/2016 8:47 AM, Richard Walter via CnC-List wrote:

Ahoy!

We love our old Garmin 276C. It is time, however, to upgrade. Should 
we upgrade our BlueCharts? If so how? Or should we get a new 
GPS/chartplotter altogether? We have the Raymarine ST-60s on the boat 
already.


We sail NYC to Maine.

Thanks,
Richard
s/v INDIGO
Watch Hill


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Re: Stus-List Garmin 276C BlueChart upgrade? Replace?

2016-02-05 Thread Bill Bina - gmail via CnC-List 

This will get you started:

https://www.google.com/search?q=garmin+276c+mc621=utf-8=utf-8

Bill Bina

On 2/5/2016 8:47 AM, Richard Walter via CnC-List wrote:

Ahoy!

We love our old Garmin 276C. It is time, however, to upgrade. Should 
we upgrade our BlueCharts? If so how? Or should we get a new 
GPS/chartplotter altogether? We have the Raymarine ST-60s on the boat 
already.


We sail NYC to Maine.

Thanks,
Richard
s/v INDIGO
Watch Hill



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Re: Stus-List Garmin 276C BlueChart upgrade? Replace?

2016-02-05 Thread Dennis C. via CnC-List 
276C?  Heck, I still use my Garmin 128.  Buddy even gave me a spare 128
couple months ago.  Just like the way it handles routes and waypoint
arrival times.  It often runs the boat.  I have a Standard Horizon CP190i
at the helm for looking at AIS targets, depths, etc.

Dennis C.
On Feb 5, 2016 9:11 AM, "Bill Bina - gmail via CnC-List" <
cnc-list@cnc-list.com> wrote:

> The 276c remains one of the most useful units Garmin ever produced. I
> still use mine, but mostly on the screen showing estimated arrivals, SOG
> etc. In other words, I use it as a trip computer. One thing about these
> units is that at some point, the internal button battery wears out and the
> unit will stop holding settings. This happened to mine a couple years ago,
> and I was able to find information on how to replace it, and suggestions on
> exactly what battery number is needed. It is a special button battery with
> leads welded to it so it can be soldered to the circuit board. You cannot
> directly solder a button battery to anything. This repair was well worth
> the effort involved. That said, I'm not sure chart updates are even still
> available, and I bought a newer Garmin with included charts and a bigger
> brighter screen to use as a dedicated chart display.
>
> Bill Bina
>
> On 2/5/2016 8:47 AM, Richard Walter via CnC-List wrote:
>
> Ahoy!
>
> We love our old Garmin 276C. It is time, however, to upgrade. Should we
> upgrade our BlueCharts? If so how? Or should we get a new GPS/chartplotter
> altogether? We have the Raymarine ST-60s on the boat already.
>
> We sail NYC to Maine.
>
> Thanks,
> Richard
> s/v INDIGO
> Watch Hill
>
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Re: Stus-List Garmin 276C BlueChart upgrade? Replace?

2016-02-05 Thread Ryan Doyle via CnC-List 
Touching on what Bill just said… I'm generally a fan of fixing things on
the boat rather than replacing them, but my exception is electronics.  The
technology advances and the prices come down so fast that it's normally
smarter to just replace.

On Fri, Feb 5, 2016 at 11:10 AM, Bill Bina - gmail via CnC-List <
cnc-list@cnc-list.com> wrote:

> The 276c remains one of the most useful units Garmin ever produced. I
> still use mine, but mostly on the screen showing estimated arrivals, SOG
> etc. In other words, I use it as a trip computer. One thing about these
> units is that at some point, the internal button battery wears out and the
> unit will stop holding settings. This happened to mine a couple years ago,
> and I was able to find information on how to replace it, and suggestions on
> exactly what battery number is needed. It is a special button battery with
> leads welded to it so it can be soldered to the circuit board. You cannot
> directly solder a button battery to anything. This repair was well worth
> the effort involved. That said, I'm not sure chart updates are even still
> available, and I bought a newer Garmin with included charts and a bigger
> brighter screen to use as a dedicated chart display.
>
> Bill Bina
>
> On 2/5/2016 8:47 AM, Richard Walter via CnC-List wrote:
>
> Ahoy!
>
> We love our old Garmin 276C. It is time, however, to upgrade. Should we
> upgrade our BlueCharts? If so how? Or should we get a new GPS/chartplotter
> altogether? We have the Raymarine ST-60s on the boat already.
>
> We sail NYC to Maine.
>
> Thanks,
> Richard
> s/v INDIGO
> Watch Hill
>
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Stus-List Garmin 276C BlueChart upgrade? Replace?

2016-02-05 Thread Richard Walter via CnC-List 
Ahoy!

We love our old Garmin 276C. It is time, however, to upgrade. Should we upgrade 
our BlueCharts? If so how? Or should we get a new GPS/chartplotter altogether? 
We have the Raymarine ST-60s on the boat already.
We sail NYC to Maine.

Thanks,Richard 
s/v INDIGO
Watch Hill
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