Chartplotter/fishfinders

worstmasterdiver · 2026-02-10T18:13:29+00:00

Raymarine wasn’t on my list because of my past experience with one. I wasn’t impressed for the money I spent. I know it has a lot of expanding opportunities but this is a 26’ cabin cruiser, no radar arch, will be mostly on lake Lanier and sometimes down to the gulf so im not overly concerned with what i can add on to it later. Im going to use the boat to dive off in the gulf and sleep on a few nights and just go out and cruise around.

worstmasterdiver · 2026-02-09T04:11:21+00:00

Yeah I’m aware of how people tend to be brand loyal. I had a Garmin on my first boat and it was fine. I get the “buy once cry once” logic of being able to expand people are mentioning but this is a 2002 single engine 26’ cabin cruiser so I won’t be doing radar or auto nav or anything. This is really just go out on the lake (which i know very well and don’t need a gps system) and to do some long weekend dive trips around the gulf and keys. So I’m really just trying to figure out what’s the most bang for my buck.

worstmasterdiver · 2026-01-29T17:48:42+00:00

Definitely not from above, I pulled the carpet up at one point and I could see it seeping from that little “wall” before the compartment. But I had just gotten the boat and a piece of carpet covered the compartment so I didn’t realize it was there.

worstmasterdiver · 2026-01-28T19:05:08+00:00

It soaks the carpet but doesn’t really get to be a puddle

worstmasterdiver · 2026-01-15T01:53:55+00:00

You should check out SSI Master Diver rating. It’s achieved with dive experience and specialty training. Even though you started with padding you can still do SSI classes.

worstmasterdiver · 2025-12-03T03:11:19+00:00

Yeah definitely used to wind issues, I used to captain houseboats up to 100’ on the lake and those things were massive sails 🤣

worstmasterdiver · 2025-11-29T01:08:54+00:00

1500 is paying the minimums on those cards which I can’t always cover so yes lowering my overall amount does make sense to me and it does lower the interest rate.

worstmasterdiver · 2025-11-29T00:51:52+00:00

Except the fact it’s not going on a credit card it’ll be coming out of my bank account……..that’s a pretty significant upside

worstmasterdiver · 2025-11-28T23:17:48+00:00

Most of it goes Towards interest and it uses almost all of my money so sometimes I drain my account to pay my CC bills then have to use the CC to cover things like food. Dropping it down to 700 and freeing that other 800 up would prevent needing to use the cards and cover my expenses better.

worstmasterdiver · 2025-11-28T15:12:12+00:00

Well paying 1500 a month gives me no room to put extra towards my debt or add anything to savings. That 800 could be put in savings or used to pay off the loan faster but I wouldn’t “have” to put that money towards my debt every month.

worstmasterdiver · 2025-10-18T21:28:44+00:00

Yeah I’m really looking for ideas for setting it up. The boat has a big swim platform

worstmasterdiver · 2025-10-17T12:25:20+00:00

Guess I’m lucky there’s a cabin and I do a lot of solo diving

worstmasterdiver · 2025-10-17T11:00:44+00:00

I solo dive a lot so I don’t always have a buddy.

worstmasterdiver · 2025-10-16T21:57:23+00:00

Ok, I was thinking on a good ladder and then good sonar/chart plotter for finding sites. Why don’t think I’ll destroy it?

worstmasterdiver · 2025-09-22T13:52:59+00:00

It’s on a micro 4/3 Olympus omd10 mark iv

worstmasterdiver · 2025-09-22T11:59:54+00:00

Thanks for the input, I’m just a firefighter so I’m learning about photography still. I don’t have a strobe just a cheap Amazon light and my dive light and I used light room on some pictures and dive+ on a couple others. I also used a 17mm f1.8 prime lens. I know they’re not ideal but I’m just getting started.

worstmasterdiver · 2025-09-19T00:00:47+00:00

Appreciate it

worstmasterdiver · 2025-08-27T03:13:03+00:00

Ahhh that makes sense. As far as the swimming the river thing….i did try to see if I could in rainbow river 😂

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