A long blue line.

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Ross

Ross

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Jun 15, 2004
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Islander/Wayfairer 30 sail number 25 Perryville,Md.
A while ago I posted a thread concerning my Garmin GPS72 and its propensity to lock up and display a vertical blue line. Garmin techs assured me that an upgrade in the soft ware would solve the problem so I proceeded with that action and accomplished it this afternoon. Triumphantly I took my up dated GPS outside to play and within ten minutes I had a long blue line. I will contact Garmin and learn what is wrong.
 
sailaway78

sailaway78

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May 11, 2005
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Seidelman S37 Slidell, La.
I know whats wrong

Ross, I think I know whats wrong with your GPS. The Garmin units have a problem with the connection between the wobblin shaft and the johnson rod. The cure for this is as follows. For the frustration level, a medium whack with a 22oz. framing hammer is the cure. To fix the connection, a pair of 100$ bills will take care of it. :)
 
Ross

Ross

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Jun 15, 2004
14,693
Islander/Wayfairer 30 sail number 25 Perryville,Md.
And al;l this time I thought it

was the universal joint between the hexical jack shaft and the sickle bar. Thank you. ;D I think, ;)
 
B

Benny

Oh, I thought you were talking about cops in

front of a donught shop. Are you sure is not your display shorting out? No amount of upgrades and software fixes will fix a failing display. Like Nice and Easy suggests the best way to fix it may be to purchase a new one. Beats dealing with Garmin support. Quit getting lost on the Bay and spend some of that mad money you must have hidden around.
 
Ross

Ross

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Jun 15, 2004
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Islander/Wayfairer 30 sail number 25 Perryville,Md.
Benny with WAAS disabled the unit does fine

Garmin is still working on a fix in the soft ware. Mean time I am quite comfortable with fixing my position to 100 feet. On a 1:80,000 chart that is about the width of the pencil marks.
 
tcbro

tcbro

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Jun 3, 2004
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Hunter 33.5 Middle River, MD
Ross, I had the same thing yesterday

My Garmin locked up and displayed a single vertical line (mines not color). I popped a battery out of it for a few seconds and re-powered up. It did it once more. I've not had a single problem with this unit for 4 years but this past week I'd been trying to run it through my laptop to display on the free NOAA charts through Seaclear II (with no luck). I just assumed it was something I did while playing around with it.
 
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