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Boat Ramp Follies

Dec 29

Posted by admin in Boating | 20 Comments

Time-lapse video showing 5 hours at the Lake Forest Boat Ramp, Lake Tahoe, California in 3 minutes.

Duration : 0:4:10

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What is a good, inexpensive and relativley easy gps for recreational boating?

Dec 29

Posted by admin in Boating | 2 Comments

I am looking for a simple gps for a boat. Nothing too special, no fish finder etc., just something recreational for lakes. No fishing gps please, just something easy to use and tells me the depth of the water.

Buy a Garmin Colorado Handheld. Yeah…it uses 2 aa batteries. If you get a four battery charger you should be good for 15 hrs or more. Its waterproof and built tough. Plus you get a lot of the functionality that the expensive on board units have.

Just be aware that using a gps to figure out depth will not always be accurate. Some of those readings are 10 years old.

You probably would be better suited with a fish finder than the gps.

Paragon 25 Boat Test by MBY

Dec 27

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Video footage of the impressive Paragon 25 bashing through a nasty chop in the Solent. It impressed on test thanks to a combination of brilliant sea keeping, outstanding build quality and a 37 knot speed from the single Volvo Penta D4 300hp engine.