The
Navionics are good value...however you will need two: the US coast one and the
Caribbean one. Get the Gold and not the much more expensive Platinum ones. We have sailed 9,000 miles, the entire US
East Coast and the
Caribbean to Trinidad using those two chips for a total cost of about $350. We plan to
cruise the Western Caribbean using the Caribbean chip next year.
While the
Navionics charts are criticised for poor charts in the
Bahamas, and we did use Explore paper charts there, I think the anyone that trusts
electronics rather than their eyes in the
Bahamas is a little naive.