by Turquoise Marine Systems | Aug 18, 2025 | Marine Electronics
Garmin chartplotters allow yacht owners to create planned routes for easy following navigation courses using the Navigation chart, Fishing chart, Perspective 3D chart view, or Mariner’s Eye 3D chart view. There are three methods: Go To, Route To, or Auto Guidance. Go...
by Turquoise Marine Systems | Aug 16, 2025 | Marine Electronics
The Garmin Quickdraw Contour feature requires that a yacht have the following in order for its users to generate contour maps for detailed map information viewing: sonar depth, your GPS position, and a memory card with free space. When a contour map is drawn, green,...
by Turquoise Marine Systems | Aug 16, 2025 | Marine Electronics
With Garmin Layer settings, yacht owners can toggle show or hide features and data on each specific setting layer on the chart for viewing. These are the most common layer settings for the Garmin chartplotters: Chart Layer Settings Depth Layer Settings My Vessel Layer...
by Turquoise Marine Systems | Aug 16, 2025 | FCC Radio
Garmin AIS, Automatic Information System, constantly broadcasts a vessel’s information, such as Maritime Mobile Service Identity (MMSI), location, speed, GPS heading, last position, nearest approach, and projected course for situational awareness and collision...
by Turquoise Marine Systems | Aug 16, 2025 | Marine Electronics
Garmin chart and 3D chart views can be navigational aids to yacht owners in tricky and difficult angles to navigate. The chart and 3D chart views generate and provide navigational data in various settings for fishing, navigation, perspectives 3D, fish-eyes, and...
