Here are Jeff's choices for a dream navigation setup on a budget of $1,500. It includes GPS, chart plotter, depth sounder and VHF radio, plus the hardware and cabling to it connected. He even threw in part numbers. The prices quoted here are street prices, meaning the prices that the average boater could expect to pay, which were gathered by comparison shopping at half a dozen stores and web sites. Sales tax and installation costs are not included.
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1,500 Package
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| Garmin GPSMAP 525S |
$1,099
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010-00598-01
Combo GPS/Sounder w/TM Transducer |
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| Garmin G2 Chart |
$230
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Area Specfic
Garmin G2 Chart |
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| Icom M34 |
$170
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5 w. Floating Handheld VHF Radio |
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$1,499
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*Street Price was taken from a random sampling of online retail stores and advertised retail outlet prices. These included, but were not limited to, Boatfix.Com, AnchorExpress.Com, GPSonsale.com and Boaters World retail stores
