As long as the system operating system is up to date then it will run the G3 cartography. The chip he will need to cover the Western Caribbean us the US031r.
hello please help me! I am a new owner of a Garmin Ehomap UHD2 92 sonar, I don't understand much about this device. I also bought a new Bluechart g3 vision Southern Europe VEU723L v2024.0 map. The problem is that when I turn on the sonar, I don't see relief shading in the map menu!!! My question is, am I stupid and don't know where to look for this, or is the problem that the card does not have this extra for Europe. it only opens 4 menus for me: 1.Fishing Chart 2.Navigation Chart 3.Mariner's Eye 3D 4.Fish Eye 3D. But there is no Relief Shading !!! Why?
This is like having a pendelum clock with a digital display......an invention nobody needs. A mechanical sextant is a backup for your digital toys. Adding another electronic toy makes it not more usefull.
These charts are also imperative for private global cruisers. Yeah, there's digital, but not all cruisers have at-sea internet, and sooner or later, your chart plotter will fail. Paper is an essential backup. So this isn't just a commercial issue as I see it.
Why is a sextant still used? Because it works when electric equipment has failed. Batteries depleted, lighting strike, you name it . This approach just makes no sense . Spend $50 on a backup GPS and $1000 on a decent sextant and you are better prepped than relying on this battery driven device for over$5000 BTW in case of emergency even a rudimentary sextant helps you to get to the next harbour and it cost only $100
I have an axiom 7 and I'm getting ready for a Bahamas trip. It looks as though Bimini and possibly the abacos will be my targets. Do you have a map that will cover that that can load on an axiom 7 chart plotter by Ray Marine
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It is still sextant. You get precision only when you are good at sighting stellar objects and you become good only if you have long practice. So it is basically useless as backup for people who do not want to spent hundreds of hours excersising. Also getting good sighting on small ships in higher sea state without any optical stabilization is almost impossible. Better thing will be astronavigation which is usually used on spacecrafts, because it is fully automatic. But I never met such thing for civilian purchase. For any price.
Just before the network of GPS satellites came online, back about 1980, there were two companies that I recall working on these exact same principles. Adding "electronics" to a Sextant to record the body sighted, the exact (corrected) angle, and exact time of the sight. I'm certain that an instrument such as this would find a ready market.
This brings to mind the old joke about Paul Fisher spending a million dollars to develop his Space Pen while the Russians used an HB pencil . . . . (In fact the Russians used, and still use, Space Pens too but nowadays also take Sharpies into space)
This, although decent as an saying, is a bit misleading. *Conductive* Graphite Pencils in Space aren’t a good idea. I’d have to read up for specifics, but if I remember correctly the USSR/Russia did switch over too.
That bit on sharpies is neat though, I’ll have to read up on that. Makes sense though, iirc they even use stuff like that for fuel tanks to make fuel not slosh away from the intake!
So with a UHD 94sv that has the g3 charts, I should have auto guidance, correct? I don't have those options on my unit. When I choose a destination it has 'Go To' and 'Route To" but nothing about Auto Guidance. I have settings for Auto Guidance, but don't seem to be able to actually DO it.
Even if it's a standalone equipment , a built-in gps wouldn't cost so much and it's a must have when you can't see any celestial bodies on a foggy/cloudy day.
The point of having a sextant onboard is to have an analog means of position fixing apart from digital equipments, a sextant all by itself is a device that has errors but it can be adjusted mechanically by the navigator, now that it is integrated into a digital device it introduces another source of error.
The point of having a sextant on board is to have a GPS backup. Period. If a digital sextant helps overcoming the fear of attempting celestial navigation, surely it is something to encourage. Yes, you are introducing a small dependency on the battery of the digital unit, and indeed the angle sensor is a new source of error. However, this is an interesting development. The price (around US$5000 in Sept 2022) is sadly very high... A traditional metal sextant is around US$1000.
The digital unit is not impressive. May as well detach the digital unit and place it on the chart table. The Casio scientific calculator would be just as good to do the sight calculation with much cheaper price than the digital unit of the sextant, i presume.
Regions currently include South Florida, East Gulf of Mexico, Florida Mid Grounds, West Gulf of Mexico, North Florida to South Carolina, Mid-Atlantic Ocean, Tampa to Cape Sable, and newly added Southern California. For more information email chris@bluewaterweb.com
Garmin G3 uses their own cartography. As far as which has more detail, it really depends on the specific region. For a more detailed answer feel free to email our navigation experts at help@bluewaterweb.com
Always enjoy the videos and working with the Bluewater team. There are a lot of options for weather worldwide and the majority of those options are free.
Well...this could have been a bit more detailed. All I really got out of it was that one could, with a Garmin GPSMap XSV unit, which costs serious money, a grand or two from what I can see, coupled with XM weather, one can have weather on their boat, while on the Chesapeake. What about small boaters. What about affordable options. Something that won't empty your bank account, other than phone apps.
Hello, thanks for your feedback. Other than phone apps you can get NOAA weather on VHF radio for free. Alternatively you can also still use weatherfax if you have one of their machines. Finally if one of these options dont meet your needs there are plenty of websites that provide free GRIB files that you can use in a variety of different software (OpenCPN comes to mind).
Great video, and so glad you featured the Cruising Guides by Chris Doyle and myself! I know I'm a little late, but would appreciate it if you would also link the Doyle Guides Website (www.doyleguides.com), Facebook (facebook.com/groups/doyleguides) and Instagram (instagram.com/doyleguides/) in the description. Thanks!
Good question. Garmin offers firmware updates via it’s website. Look up your model number and scroll down to downloads. You can add the update to a blank sd or micro sd card to be placed in your plotter for update. It is important to note that you cannot use the same chip your charts are on or you risk losing the charts.
With the introduction to G3 data Garmin has added auto guidance to their standard chip. Though this is normally a good thing, in your case it means too much data for your machine to read. The only chips that will still work are Vision chips with small or regular size regions. You mentioned the southeast U.S. Can you be a bit more specific? Are you in Florida? This will help me determine the best option for you.
Great question Kali. Update pricing is currently, Garmin standard G3 $59.99, and G3 Vision at $119.99. If you call Bluewater at 954-763-6533 we can take care of anything else you need :)
Sorry for the late reply David. The Garmin G3 Vision VUS011R covers SW Florida. This chip lists for $349.99. Call Bluewater at 954-763-6533 and we can get this to you in no time.
