The company recommends customers should take this opportunity to upgrade their G-Chart plotter to a new BlueChart system. BlueChart - Garmin's own proprietary cartography - offers state of the art marine cartography that's fully integrated with all current and future Garmin Chartplotters.

Garmin claims BlueChart systems are now widely regarded as providing the best plotter/cartography solutions available today.

Garmin will run an upgrade programme for all current GChart plotter users in the UK & Eire, offering £55 ex VAT off the purchase price of a BlueChart plotter and 25% discount off the retail price of the equivalent BlueChart cartography. This will be subject to the return of the customer's old G-chart card; discount will apply on a one-to-one card exchange.

The offer is available until January 31, 2005.