By Russ, on June 6th, 2007
I was lucky enough to get a RC400 and a Garmin 76CS as gifts in August 2005.
There seems to be a number of discussions on various forums about the pros and cons of these units so I thought I would give my experiences of using both while sailing in the English Channel for the past 2 years.
RC400- the Pros:
1. I have limited space at the helm of my 32ft yacht so I have a mounted the RC400 there since there is no room for anything larger. This makes the RC400 a great choice and it fits well.
2. The colour screen
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By Russ, on June 6th, 2007
I was lucky enough to get a RC400 and a Garmin 76CS as wedding presents in August 2005.
There seems to be a number of discussions on various forums about the pros and cons of these units so I thought I would give my experiences of using both while sailing in the English Channel for the past 2 years.
Garmin 76CS – the Pros:
1. Although I have the Raymarine RC400 mounted at the helm – the Garmin can go anywhere with me – to the Marina office, to the cafe, to another yacht etc.. its truly portable because the batteries last. Unlike
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By Russ, on June 6th, 2007
If you are anything like me you have a tendency to hoard useful electronic gadgets – as a result I have a garage that has many battery chargers from many different eras. I refer to the task of charging so called rechargeable batteries for torches, PDA’s, GPS units and so on…
Well the latest and fastest (?) charger that I have acquired is the Uniross X-Press 700 Charger RC104311 – cost £18.94 including delivery from Battery Logic in the UK.The impetus for this was the fact that the Raymarine RC400 that is mounted at the helm will
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