The advent of modern technology has made seafaring and navigation a lot easier, with very precise electronic instruments taking the place of the antiquated compass, sextant, etc. And this is also the case with the following device, namely the 1155c Chartplotter NVB, launched by Humminbird, back in the second half of 2007, a product that can prove to be extremely useful for just about any modern sailor.



The GPS-related features delivered by this particular chartplotter are pretty impressive, since the device has been equipped with a 16-channel GPS receiver (WAAS-enabled) and is capable of delivering trackplotting, chartplotting and GPS speed indication functions. Additionally, the 1155c Chartplotter NVB is compatible with a wide variety of navigation maps, including here Humminbird UniMap, Navionics Value Bundle, Navionics Platinum (optional), etc.



Actually, the device also comes pre-loaded with a few very useful and comprehensive maps, including here the Navionics Gold and HotMaps Premium Charts. Furthermore, the product supports several different optional network modules, including here WeatherSense (optional), CannonLink (optional) and InterLink (optional). It offers quite an impressive memory capacity as well, as it's capable to memorize up to 3000 waypoints, 50 routes and 50 tracks with 20,000 points each.



Quite obviously, such a high-end product requires an equally high-end display. For this reason, the 1155c Chartplotter NVB features a 10.4-inch TFT LCD display, which delivers images in 4:3 aspect modes and at a 800 x 600 pixels resolution, as well as up to 65,000 colors.



Furthermore, some of the other functions delivered by the device from Humminbird is represented by the custom view selections, large digits view, selectable background, temperature alarm, temperature graph, triplog, etc.



The Humminbird 1155c Chartplotter NVB has an estimated retail price of around 2,200 US dollars, which is not exactly exaggerated, given the numerous features and advanced navigation functions it can provide.