Planning day boat trip to Moultonboro

garysanfran · 02-16-2018, 01:19 PM

MikeF-NH wrote...

" Consider (if you have a smart phone), picking up the Navionics app in conjunction with your phone GPS will give you very valuable assistance in navigation. Coordinate that will your Bizer and you will know where you are."

My phone (Samsung S5) does not have GPS as far as I know. How do I do the above? What GPS is best for the area? How to I coordinate it with Navionics?

Thanks again all for re-focusing my brain to summer issues!

Descant · 02-16-2018, 02:13 PM

Any of the above routes is fine. From Glendale, I would normally go between Welch Is. and the Forty's, then north of Sandy and Ragged and through the Hole in the Wall to Chase's Point. That to me is shortest, and pretty much wide open water until the NWZ at HitW. Sounds like you're familiar with that end of the lake already. After that, it varies depending on your eventual destination (s).
I've picnicked drifting in Green;'s Basin, very peaceful, and I've walked from the docks at Lee's Mills to the Woodshed. Going north from FL<12 can be a relatively straight route. The less obvious stuff is when you start exploring in/around small islands. I have used GPS, (don't currently have one installed) but if you're going in good weather, it can be more important to keep your head out of the cockpit. Have your navigator keep his/her head out of the cockpit too. Trying to read a chart and/or GPS at speed and drive the boat, watch for other boats etc. does not add to my enjoyment or my safety factor.

noreast · 02-16-2018, 02:50 PM

I used Navionics on my phone for a little while, I found that 90% of the time you couldn't see the screen. I was disappointed since the phone was brand new last year and I have a fairly cheap fish finder that I can't add it on to. All that being said, It's nice to have but I've managed all these years with Bizer and my eyes.

kawishiwi · 02-16-2018, 04:10 PM

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Originally Posted by garysanfran

MikeF-NH wrote...

" Consider (if you have a smart phone), picking up the Navionics app in conjunction with your phone GPS will give you very valuable assistance in navigation. Coordinate that will your Bizer and you will know where you are."

My phone (Samsung S5) does not have GPS as far as I know. How do I do the above? What GPS is best for the area? How to I coordinate it with Navionics?

Thanks again all for re-focusing my brain to summer issues!

Samsung S5 has built in gps, I know I used to have one. For a smartphone thats already on "older" model but top of the line when new. You probably have Google maps app on your phone now, open that to confirm your gps.

Greene's Basin Girl · 02-16-2018, 11:55 PM

If you let me know when you want travel I can meet you by the Barber Pole and show you the way to Green's Basin ( weather dependent). I have been in Green's Basin my entire life and I am always boating all over the lake.

02-16-2018, 01:19 PM	#1
garysanfran Senior Member Join Date: Jul 2009 Location: San Francisco/Meredith Posts: 1,593 Thanks: 686 Thanked 684 Times in 350 Posts	GPS/Chart on smart phone... MikeF-NH wrote... " Consider (if you have a smart phone), picking up the Navionics app in conjunction with your phone GPS will give you very valuable assistance in navigation. Coordinate that will your Bizer and you will know where you are." My phone (Samsung S5) does not have GPS as far as I know. How do I do the above? What GPS is best for the area? How to I coordinate it with Navionics? Thanks again all for re-focusing my brain to summer issues! __________________ Gary ~~~~_/) ~~~ ~~~~~~~~

02-16-2018, 02:13 PM	#2
Descant Senior Member Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Merrimack and Welch Island Posts: 4,477 Thanks: 1,387 Thanked 1,667 Times in 1,086 Posts	Any of the above routes is fine. From Glendale, I would normally go between Welch Is. and the Forty's, then north of Sandy and Ragged and through the Hole in the Wall to Chase's Point. That to me is shortest, and pretty much wide open water until the NWZ at HitW. Sounds like you're familiar with that end of the lake already. After that, it varies depending on your eventual destination (s). I've picnicked drifting in Green;'s Basin, very peaceful, and I've walked from the docks at Lee's Mills to the Woodshed. Going north from FL<12 can be a relatively straight route. The less obvious stuff is when you start exploring in/around small islands. I have used GPS, (don't currently have one installed) but if you're going in good weather, it can be more important to keep your head out of the cockpit. Have your navigator keep his/her head out of the cockpit too. Trying to read a chart and/or GPS at speed and drive the boat, watch for other boats etc. does not add to my enjoyment or my safety factor.

02-16-2018, 02:50 PM	#3
noreast Senior Member Join Date: Mar 2015 Posts: 648 Thanks: 316 Thanked 120 Times in 93 Posts	I used Navionics on my phone for a little while, I found that 90% of the time you couldn't see the screen. I was disappointed since the phone was brand new last year and I have a fairly cheap fish finder that I can't add it on to. All that being said, It's nice to have but I've managed all these years with Bizer and my eyes.

02-16-2018, 11:55 PM	#5
Greene's Basin Girl Senior Member Join Date: Sep 2009 Location: Moultonborough, NH Posts: 1,515 Thanks: 394 Thanked 527 Times in 269 Posts	If you let me know when you want travel I can meet you by the Barber Pole and show you the way to Green's Basin ( weather dependent). I have been in Green's Basin my entire life and I am always boating all over the lake.