If you need to upgrade your onboard navigation options, then a chartplotter is the way to go. But do you opt for a fully featured touchscreen navigation system, or a simpler hand-held device? The choice is yours…

Garmin GPSMAP 7410xsv

 

10-inch multi-touch chartplotter/sonar combo with widescreen display and worldwide basemap. Other features include lay-lines, enhanced wind rose, heading and course-over-ground lines, true wind data fields and tide/current/time slider.

Available here for £1,869.95

Lowrance Elite-7

This is a widescreen, LED-backlit SolarMax colour display unit, which reportedly has an ‘easy-to-use’ interface. The touchscreen system provides fast, fingertip access to all the product’s interesting features.

Available here for £689.00

Simrad Go7 XSE

 

This TotalScan Transducer offers a multifunction display on a seven inch  touchscreen. Among its features as a chartplotter with built-in GPS receiver, there is a function to control your onboard sound system, and monitor engine data.

Available here for £549.95

Humminbird Helix 5 G2

 

The Helix 5 GPS has a high resolution display with backlight and internal GPS receiver and is compatible with Navionics Gold charts. Also features the all important Man overboard key to record MOB position as a waypoint.

Available here for £319.95

B&G Vulcan5 FS 5-Inch

This powerful multi-touch chartplotter has built in forward looking sonar with EMEA Navionics Plus Chart and all the usual features such as waypoints, routes and tracks. It comes with a high speed 10Hz Internal GPS antenna.

Available here for £599.95

Raymarine 5m 5-Inch Dragonfly

Raymarine’s Dragonfly 5M GPS Plotter and LNC cmAP Essentials Chart features a fast 10Hz GPS sensor and support for Navionics, C-MAP and Raymarine LightHouse charts. Also has wide spectrum CHIRP DownVision.

Available here for £543.32

Standard Horizon HX870E Floating Handheld Marine VHF Radio & GPS

No Chart display but has a 66-channel GPS receiver, and the VHF allows you to plot 20 routes from a store of up to 200 waypoints, plus MOB function.

Available here for £260.00

Garmin GPSMAP 78s handheld

The handheld GPSMAP 78s from Garmin is specifically aimed at the marine market because it is waterproof to a rating of IPX7 and even floats. Comes with built-in worldwide basemap, so you can navigate anywhere with ease.

Available here for £299.99

 

 

 

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