SAWDOC
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Reged: 24/02/2008
Posts: 167
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hi
i was considering doing what I said i never would and taking a laptop on board as a makeshift chartplotter. Any recommendations on a suitable usb GPS? ebay has everything from 5 to 50 - thanks
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Jonny_H
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Reged: 15/08/2006
Posts: 1512
Loc: Liveaboard - following the sun...
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You need to watch the postage costs with most of the ones on ebay (many are from china etc with £20 postage!).
I got one for £20 from www.cpc.co.uk - works well.
Jonny
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Grehan
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Reged: 11/06/2001
Posts: 1167
Loc: Inland France
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Our - cheap, superseded, ebay - laptop and gps 'makeshift' combo works well, so changing your mind ain't that daft. IMHO. [Obviously, don't rely on it alone, etc etc.]
Hey, that CPC site is pretty cool !! 
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19shane71
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Reged: 14/04/2005
Posts: 41
Loc: Nottingham / Med
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I've bought two from a company called expansys - online. GlobalSat BU-353 WaterProof USB GPS Receiver, about £35. The first came within two days of order, but the second took a couple of weeks. Great little device though. Always sits next to the laptop inside and hasn't lost the signal yet.
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cnh
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Reged: 18/10/2003
Posts: 300
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Expansys: usb gps
£9.45 while stocks last!
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Channel & Baltic Guide
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Wightknight
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Reged: 30/10/2007
Posts: 46
Loc: South Wight
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They still have some, I just bought a couple to act as spares, great price. Hope delivery is as good as the price.
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SAWDOC
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Reged: 24/02/2008
Posts: 167
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thanks folks
just ordered from link above.
Help appreciated.
Now just to stop the laptop sliding around!!!
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Grehan
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Reged: 11/06/2001
Posts: 1167
Loc: Inland France
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Ours sits on a shelf by the chart table (where we can see it from the helm) between two small sections of ally angle, held down by - what else? - bit of thin bungy!
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SAWDOC
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Reged: 24/02/2008
Posts: 167
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Hi Grehan
looked up your website - great site and smashing boat which you have obviously enjoyed tremendously - wish you well for the future!
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Grehan
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Reged: 11/06/2001
Posts: 1167
Loc: Inland France
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Thanks 
Apologies to all for the new For Sale sig but sitting here in Moissac we know we must bite the bullet, stop faffing around and actually make some effort to sell (much as we don't want to) so as to get another craft equally suited to inland waterways - but without 15m of mast lying horizontally over the deck and all for'ard lockers full of sails and other raggie stuff!
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