Ed, I popped over to the Magellan site, and right there in the bullet list is the following:

"Rugged and waterproof, with wraparound rubber armoring and water-sealed battery tubes"

Marketing groups get away with murder.

Ross

> Hi Pete:

> Not yet, but the idea of a angled block of floation is what I'll include
> in mine. Like a wedge of foam with some way of attaching it to the front
> rigging.

> I almost killed my gps the night before my trip when I tested it's
> "waterproof"-ness in the bathtub. It worked for about 10
> minutes, then the display became corrupted and I could see I let water in.
> I was furious. I went on my trip without it, and when I came home, the gps
> began to show signs of life. Once the water was
> drained/evaporated/respirated away, the unit was fine. In my anger, I
> consulted the documentation and found the (my) problem: the unit was
> advertised as WEATHERPROOF not WATERPROOF. I read what I wanted to see,
> not what was written. My fault. In my opinion, use a bag. By the way, I
> have the Magellan Tracker,
> http://www.magellangps.com/products/tracker.htm and I am otherwise
> pleased with the unit.

> Not a sucker, um, Optomist, perhaps.

> I also saw the commercial dash mount unit, but didn't see a way to easily
> mount it to the boat. I, too, try to minimize the number of holes in the
> boat.

> Ed Valley