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Scott - I bought a GPSMAP76Cs and sold it on eBay a week later for $20 more than I paid for it :-) However - I sold it because the display was just too darn small. I got the GPSMAP 276c (West Marine version) and really like it. I use it both on the boat and in my car until I bought one that had an internal GPS. I also brought the 276c with me to Europe and used it with a rental car (bought the CD for the Maps of course).

I've got the bracket that holds the 276c mounted on a wooden arm that swings out into companionway so you can see the GPS display from the helm. It is also wired so the unit charges when the instruments are on. It has NMEA-0183 in/out that I also tie it to my wind instrument so I get true or relative wind. I can easily snap the 276c out of the mounting bracket on the boat to take it off and use it elsewhere. Look on eBay and see what kind of deal you can get for something a little larger display than the GPSMAP76cx - you'll be wishing you had a bigger display as soon as you get it.

Bill - Rhapsody #348