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Old 11-24-2018, 10:04 AM
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Bushwacker shared this with me back in 2012....enjoy

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Old 11-24-2018, 10:53 AM
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Ya know Snookerd that Aqua Scope 75 for $289 looks pretty BA!!! Needless to say marine electronics have come a long way!! I wonder what the Aqua Scope GPS unit costs back in those days?? Say what?? They did not have GPS back then, oh sorry!
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Old 11-24-2018, 03:14 PM
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Heck of a deal Don! Lol.
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Old 11-29-2018, 06:23 AM
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Scuse my ignorance, but is the difference between the two, I/O and outboard?
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Old 11-29-2018, 07:58 AM
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Old 12-03-2018, 09:36 AM
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Ya know Snookerd that Aqua Scope 75 for $289 looks pretty BA!!! Needless to say marine electronics have come a long way!! I wonder what the Aqua Scope GPS unit costs back in those days?? Say what?? They did not have GPS back then, oh sorry!
I remember when loran A was a miracle for those that could afford it. And it only gave you the last 2 digits of each chain.
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Old 12-03-2018, 10:32 AM
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Yeah Ken, I had a King Loran and I thought it was a bad as it gets!! Shoot, you could actually navigate back to an area the size of a hockey rink over and over again!!
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Old 12-03-2018, 12:53 PM
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Yeah Ken, I had a King Loran and I thought it was a bad as it gets!! Shoot, you could actually navigate back to an area the size of a hockey rink over and over again!!
Back then you still had to know how to navigate to operate a vessel offshore. Now I don't know why most boats have a compass other than for show. I seriously doubt 80% of boaters venturing out of sight of land could find there way back to port if their gps took a dump....
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Back then you still had to know how to navigate to operate a vessel offshore. Now I don't know why most boats have a compass other than for show. I seriously doubt 80% of boaters venturing out of sight of land could find there way back to port if their gps took a dump....
How sad.....but true. It's the 180 degrees difference for the outbound that route that kills them.
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Old 12-03-2018, 08:23 PM
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Back then you still had to know how to navigate to operate a vessel offshore. Now I don't know why most boats have a compass other than for show. I seriously doubt 80% of boaters venturing out of sight of land could find there way back to port if their gps took a dump....
I always use my compass. Just because I enjoy the challenge and some day it might save
my bacon. I also watch on other`s boats.
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