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[porthole]

Porthole

Where did you find the marine GPS cradle.

SanJoseDuke

The Garmin 276/376 units are combo units, streets and marine. The package I bought came with all the mounts and power supplies I could need, except for the motorcycle specific power cord.
The unit has the roads and maps and then with a button activation I can switch it to a marine plotter with charts and bottom sounder.

FYI - maps are for roads, charts are for water.

[spydglide]

Porthole, where did you purchase the Garmin land/marine package that came w/ everything?  [smiley=nixweiss.gif] spyder

[CVOJOE]

Here's another source for mounting solutions, and other accesories. Use one of their mounts for radar detector/GPS and decided to order another to be dedicated to GPS for longer trips. Some are pricey, but are literally bulletproof designs. Pic shows one with Valentine 1 radar detector, but GPS mount just bolts to the same plate. One recessed bolt secures it to the handlebar and Garmin already has a screw lock on their mounting cradle. Have to take some pics of mine and post em..........

 http://www.saeng.com/

[porthole]

Porthole, where did you purchase the Garmin land/marine package that came w/ everything?

[spydglide]

Hey Porthole, thanks for the info......one more thing, how do the marine functions (sounder, etc) work?  I guess there's a anchor alarm function too?   [smiley=nixweiss.gif] spyder

[porthole]

Hey Spy

This is the Garmin page for the 276C
http://www.garmin.com/products/gpsmap276c/

And this is the page for the newer model, the 376C (cost more and more options)
http://www.garmin.com/products/gpsmap376c/

As far the operation. When it is in the "street mode" it works probably like most of the other typical GPS units. Shows you the detailed maps, and a variety of other "places" like fuel (have used that feature more then once), lodging etc. And you can look up addresses.
The driving directions are pretty good too.

When you switch to "marine mode" it acts just like a plotter with detailed charts.
Like I said before, I switch it back and forth between my truck, the bike, my whaler and any other vehicle I get in or boat I my drive. Heck, I even had it in the window of a 777 coming back from Vegas in February, that was cool. You can see pics of it on my whaler here

http://www.porthole2.com/porthole/photos_Whaler_3.htm

The plotter functions just like any of the other bigger plotters, just remember you are using a small screen. It has all the typical plot and navigate functions along with all the alarms.

The sounder requires a "black box" option. You can see that mounted under the whaler console here.

http://www.porthole2.com/porthole/photos_Whaler_4.htm

The transducer options are all the same, transom mount, through plastic or bronze etc. Actually, the black box is compatible with most Garmin plotters.

When the sounder is active (sorry no pictures, but I could snap a "demo mode" pic if you like), the screen switches to a "color video" mode, which can also be split with the chart. It works pretty good for what it is. I don't think I would use it as my primary on my big boat, as the unit is compact, but I don't hesitate to take it with me on the big boat. The sounder works just like any other color video sounder would.

All in all, when in either the chart plotter or Street mod the unit functions just like a dedicated unit.

Hope this helps.

[MJZ]

Try a Touratech.