T&T: GPS/Chartplotter recommendation needed

[Pascal Gademer]

Garmin, Garmin, or Garmin...

they have the best designed user interface... never need to open manual! 
Great charts too.  On my boat I have a 2006C on the FB which i connect to a 
laptop at the lower helm. two station for the price of one...

FWIW, I'm not a big fan of furunos...  Radar?  great... plotters?  no way! 
We have 2 of their large displays on the boat i run and they are buggy, 
quirky, and clumsy.   I HATE those darn C-maps... not enough details.  For 
instance, they dont' show the nav aid numbers on the chart, you have to 
select the aid with the trackball and go thru 2 menus... plain dumb.  Took 
me a long time to figure out how to show the color of the navaids as well.. 
default is purple. whether it's a red or green.  That option is buried in a 
4th level menu and called somethign real obscure.

Now in all fairness to furuno, these are 5 years old but even the 5 year old 
garmins were far superior.  And don't freeze or reboot for no reason....

pascal
hatteras 53MY
Miami, fl
on MY Charmer, 70' Johnson, in Nantucket Harbor.
live helm Cam and GE track @ www.sandbarhopper.com