Advantages: Very accurate position finder. High functionality. Disadvantages: Needs batteries. Can operate continuously for only 24 hours
...inexperienced at boat handling.
Magellan GPS 2000 - a solution?
Yes – one of them. Never a substitute for accurate chartwork, DR navigation and log-keeping. There are other ways of finding out position like Decca (Europe) and Loran (in the US), but both these methods, based on radio beacons have built-in errors and still require some adjustment. Satellite navigators like GPS 2000 used to have built-in errors for US defence considerations, ... ...that more modern sets from Magellan and others will be somewhat neater than this and weigh less.
Cost At Christmas 1997 it cost £180 and was discounted. Now I see that comparable or better sets are selling for about £100-£120. See the Magellan website for an update (go to http://www.magellangps.com or use search engines for your country’s supplier. If $US are quoted, rule of thumb is £ in the UK (that’s another story). It’s not ...
Elnoj 08.06.2001
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