Yeoman Plotter

[ishmael]

I am a traditional navigator with paper charts, pencil and brass dividers, entries in the log book etc. I had for Christmas, lucky me, the Imray 2600 chart folio for the Bristol Channel which is great. On each of the charts are three Yeoman Plotter waypoints.

What does a Yeoman Plotter do? A couple of years ago I bought a Garmin GPS 128 which tells me where I know I am. The Imray charts have a lat long grid grid printed on them so plotting positions from the GPS to the chart is easy. Why should I spend my hard earned cash doing something that I can do with a pencil?

Does anybody use a Yeoman and is it any good? Why and how do you use it?

[rose]

Hi,i have used a yeoman plotter and i love them, they allow you to plot your course on a paper chart using gps and transfer your gps position to your chart in seconds. if your gps goes tits up you have your course in front of you on paper.

hope this makes sense, but if you "google" yeoman plotter you can get a better description.
Chris.

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Keep your paper charts - they can be used with the Yeoman. Better though with the Admiralty Folio versions.
One should have paper charts as a back-up against failure of a gps plotter, so why not use them.
I have connected mine to the radar and garmin hand held gps. You can send waypoints from Yeoman to the Gps and set up a 'route'. Follow the route on the Yeoman and have your position and track marked on the chart. 'Tis simple and quick to change to another chart.

The Yeoman can also be attached to a PC with Plotter software such as Neptune Navigation Plotter.

At around £350 from Blue Marine, Jersey (sshhh - no vat) well worth its cost - and no software updates required - of course one should update paper charts (even with an electronic chart plotter)