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Ballistic Garmin Fortrex 701, 601 wrist GPS

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Created by AusMoz > 9 months ago, 14 Oct 2022
AusMoz
QLD, 1470 posts
14 Oct 2022 4:14PM
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I have to ask - Are they able to be used for GPS team challenge? Has anyone used these yet? Are they an updated fortrex from the early 2000's?

AusMoz
QLD, 1470 posts
14 Oct 2022 5:40PM
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kato
VIC, 3431 posts
14 Oct 2022 7:27PM
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Short answer.. probably not

sailquik
VIC, 6141 posts
15 Oct 2022 12:34PM
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Not waterproof enough - IPX7 = Same rating as old Fortrex 201 etc that always drowned.

I read the whole manual and cant find the output file format, but odds-on it is NMEA.

The main difference in this is that it has a Ballistic Computer. Useful for target shooting. Not so much for windsurfing.
And a wireless connection to your phone so you can get your emails and messages while your are sailing with your phone . LOL!

AusMoz
QLD, 1470 posts
15 Oct 2022 12:20PM
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I tried reading up on it too but was limited, the specs were not detailed enough I thought. I don't think I'll be using a long arm or a glock while I'm sailing either.

Thought I put it to the tech heads for their thoughts.

Imax1
QLD, 4810 posts
15 Oct 2022 3:11PM
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AusMoz . I don't think I'll be using a glock while I'm sailing .



I've never thought of sailing in the US either.
Do they have boom holsters in Texas ?

AusMoz
QLD, 1470 posts
15 Oct 2022 4:27PM
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Ballistic GPS, Boom Holster, Rambo survival knife, Kevlar Neil Pryde flotation vest - Helmet with night vision drop down visor - just hunting for catfish US style

AusMoz
QLD, 1470 posts
15 Oct 2022 4:28PM
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I found it highly entertaining they called it a ballistic GPS - wtf?

boardsurfr
WA, 2402 posts
15 Oct 2022 11:08PM
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AusMoz said..
I found it highly entertaining they called it a ballistic GPS - wtf?


Follow the money. Gun owners outnumber windsurfers in the US by at least 1000 : 1, and probably by more than 10,000 : 1 (81 million gun owners own close to 400 million guns - if you add police and military, it's more than 400 million). It's quite likely that they ratio of long-range shooters (who might have a use for the ballistic software the watches offer) to speedsurfers is just as high. For every sessions posted by US teams on the GPS Team Challenge in 2022 (120 so far), there are more than 4 mass shootings (532 so far, www.gunviolencearchive.org/). Mass shootings are good for gun business - sales and stock prices go up. In 2021, "gun right advocates" spent 15.8 million dollars for lobbying. That's probably a lot more than the total for windsurfing gear sales in the US.
wft, indeed.

AusMoz
QLD, 1470 posts
16 Oct 2022 6:36AM
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Goes along the same lines as Citizen when they made the Windsurfer Watch



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