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Garmin BUS001L U.S. Coastal Canada Built-In Chart Update Garmin Navionics+ On sale $99.99 (normally $149.99) One year subscription. Gives you the new Navionics look. 10 levels of user selected color depth range shading. Up to 1' contours. Looks like Garmin is shipping these maps in 86xx and...

My boat is 27'. The Group 34 AGM does a great job. In Florida I have to turn the boat 180 degrees in a 35' wide canal. The bow thruster makes it a breeze. I also do a fair amount of sailfishing. See out post in the fishing forum. Often we have to turn the boat and chase the fish down. Once we...

Take the overboard hose off and get a piece of hose. Put in 5-gallon bucket. Pump out and dump in house. Pump out tank several times. Test its ability to lift liquids. Do it now before it has bad stuff in it!

I would move the tube closer to the bulkhead at the bottom of the bulkhead. 3" or so. You need to be able to work putting the glass layers around it. Also all the fiberglass in that area that will get fiberglass should be sanded with 60 grit inside and out before you glass anything in. Last...

Latest chat with the bots had me starting with a new ActiveCaptain card today. Not a big deal. Now the unit has latest software and latest built-in g3 charts. The 2023.0 charts do in fact contain more Navionics info. If the older VUS010R Vision card is plugged in it will get priority over the...

How deep is that compartment? Is there enough "headroom" to stand it up? They want 300mm or 11.8" across the bottom of the tube.

My best screwup was premature launch of my 15' Terry bass boat at Smith Mountain Lake. Did trailer roller work that Winter. Lake was low and a steep ramp. Dropped the boat 20' short of the water! Pushed it in, back on trailer, looked ok, back in water, went fishing.

It could be AI driven. Any response that sells more Garmin charts is the correct answer. I do get it. So my last chat with them was how to delete my VUS010-R South Florida charts. To do so I need to pull my ActiveCaptain card, go to maps directory and delete the files. Near as I can tell the...

Chat session with Garmin today. Frank Kacerek: I have a 8612xsv with Bluechart g3 base maps version 2023.0 and a g3 Vision VUS010R South Florida version 2021.0. The question is if I am looking at a navigation chart in South Florida which chart will I get? - The 2023.0 version or the 2021.0...

My sending units were both replaced with WEMA style. The gauges read fine. But there are other factors to consider. Speed of the boat and weight up forward. Below is my story. https://www.greatgrady.com/threads/running-out-of-fuel.35886/#post-249567

Someone has to climb out in the morning in the dark to wipe down on Nasty Habit. Not my job - I run the cockpit - but it doesn't seem that bad. On my Grady it's fair weather daytime and only a little dew. No wipers on Nasty Habit none on Evil Princess.

Eliminated my front windows, wipers and rust bucket horn. Much better!

Recoil Rob could probably do nothing with the charts, add the second unit and everything will work fine. Although I would recommend the software upgrade to v30.10. The Garmin 86xx series and to a lesser extent the 943/1243 series are older units. But they are multifunction displays and not much...

This is ActiveCaptain. SkunkBoat's suggestion of using Garmin Express is a good one. The maps download and transfer to the SD card much faster with a PC hardwired to your router vs using wifi or cellular on your phone. Chart>MyCharts If you are running old base map charts you would have...

I've never used Active Captain, perhaps I'll set up the older unit on a battery to update. ActiveCaptain is a great tool for updating your chartplotter. It does take some fiddling with to get used to it. Most confusing issue is connection phone to your home wifi and switching to your boats wifi...

Let's clarify a few things: "in 2021 I purchased a 943xsv and paid the extra $250 for the Blue Chart G/3 upgrade." The 943xsv ships standard with BlueChart g3. It is not an upgrade. You probably added a g3 Vision region which gave you a few more features like shaded relief, satellite images...

Take it off, wire brush it, wipe down with dielectric grease (Autozone) and re-install it. Check positive lug too. The corrosion should affect anything else. Blow it out or vacuum. Check it again mid-season and at the end. I don't see any evidence of salt spray. You should be fine.

The will probably leave things G3 for the current units. Maybe new models will come with Garmin Navionics+. Eventually they will drop G3 support. https://www.garmin.com/en-US/cartography/marine/programs/

OK. So here's what I have been able to figure out. From Garmin web site product page. New units like the 8612xsv or 1243xsv are shipping with: PRELOADED MAPPING GARMIN NAVIONICS+ INLAND & COASTAL - Experience unparalleled coverage and detail with preloaded BlueChart® g3 coastal charts...

Let's try this... SUPPORT CENTER CHAT Session started between David and Frank Kacerek Frank Kacerek: I purchased this unit new November 6, 2022. It should have shipped with Garmin Navionics charts. Can I get my base charts updated without having to buy a subscription for the first year? SERIAL...