So I'm looking at all these different units and not sure which way to go. I want to be under $800 for the unit. We have our sailboat, 30ft.
Catalina in PVR (Puerto Vallarta) and would like something that has
GPS capability, speed,
depth and maybe sonar. Plus
tracking. Not really interested in the
fishing end of things but I guess seeing what's down there would be nice too. I've looked at the
Navionics suites and the Gold edition that covers all that coastal area is nice. But I see
Garmin has the Blue
charts and I'm not sure how the coverage is around PVR. couldn't seem to find any details on that. doing mostly
day sailing for now and a few overnighters but eventually want to
cruise the coastline. Would need a read
thru hull transducer. Don't really want to drill another hole. I have
Open CPN but haven't tried it yet. Not sure if it would do what I want. There seems to be some deals on these GPS's right now through West
Marine and others but again getting
lost with all the info. Do I go for a $400 unit which seems capable or an $700 unit that has other options some of which I'm not sure what they do. Don't want a handheld as the
screen size is hard to read at my age. Trying to figure out what each unit does is another story. The information I'm getting from all of this also is they all seem to lean towards the
fishing end of things and not much towards the cruising/navigation. I see some don't come with a
transducer. does this mean one can't be used on it. Is
Garmin better than the rest. Lots to try and figure out. Someone please help sort this out for me.