Bizer's Garmin data NOW works on the new chartplotters that accept BlueChart maps.  This includes the 42x, 43x, 44x, 52x, 53x, and 54x series.  We have limited experience with BlueChart_G2 devices, but our product is guaranteed to work on your device or your money will be refunded.  Bizer's Garmin data will NOT work on old chartplotters that accept micro-G charts (We believe Garmin stopped making these in 2002).  To the best of Bizer's knowledge, Bizer's data will work on all Garmin GPS that are less than five years old. 

We are now calling Bizer's 2nd version of Garmin/Winnipesaukee, D2 instead of G2. This is to avoid any confusion with Garmin's Blue Charts, which they call "G2"

UPDATE JUNE, 2009: Bizer announces the availability of using BlueChart maps. UPDATE APRIL, 2008: Bizer announces the availability of the second version of Winnipesaukee for Garmin.  In additon to all the features of older versions, Bizer announces the following enhancements with versions W2:

• Most shoals are now included.
• Roads are shown.
• Ponds, lakes, and marshes on Bizer's paper map are shown.  Version G1 did not show any land features. 
• Additional boating routes have been added.
• Items such as towns and points of interest are now named.
• A few hiking trails are annotated.
• Marinas and other boating services are shown.
• Aircraft avoidance lights on hills are shown.
• Bridge clearances are shown.
• Depth contours and spot depths have been taken from Bizer's paper chart
• Buoy colors are noted next to buoys (e.g. "RW" for red-and-white). This aids those with a monochrome Garmin.

• Lower Paugus Bay
• Greens Basin
• Long Island Bridge
• Alton Bay

This product was developed because of the demand for Lake Winnipesaukee for Garmin chartplotters. Boaters have been requesting this for years.

Version W2 is available in four different formats. 

• It is available for download to your Garmin.  Version W2 is $110.  Your Garmin must have memory or a Garmin DataCard, an SD card, or a MicroSD chip to receive the data. 
• If your Garmin uses a Garmin DataCard and you do not have a blank DataCard, we have version W2 pre-loaded onto a Garmin DataCards for $148. 
• If your Garmin uses an SD cards or MicroSD card and you do not have a blank SD/MicroSD card, we have version W2 pre-loaded onto a SD/MicroSD card with Version W2 for $124. 
• If your Garmin uses an SD chip for use with BlueChart_G2 we have a BlueChart_G2 SD/MicroSD chip pre-loaded with version W2 for $124. 

To purchase the download version, please download winni-d2.doc (for version D2). Complete and mail the form.  In about 10 days you will receive winnigd2.zip via email.  To see if your Garmin is compatible, please download Bizer's test file, 3islands.zip, below.  Memory needed: Both versions require less than two megabytes of storage.  The smallest Garmin DataCard (sixteen megabytes) should be adequate. 

To purchase Winnipesaukee pre-loaded onto a Garmin SD/Micro_SD card for use with BlueChart_G2 Garmin devices, please download winni-b2.doc. Complete and mail the form.  In about 10 days you will receive your Garmin SD/Micro_SD card in the mail.  (NB: Do not use this for NuVi.)

To purchase Winnipesaukee pre-loaded onto a Garmin DataCard, or pre-loaded onto a SD/MicroSD card please download winni-w2.doc (for version W2). Complete and mail the form.  In about 10 days you will receive your Garmin DataCard in the mail.  (NB: Do not use this for NuVi.)

So far, Garmin users have been able to successfully download or load 3islands.zip into all Garmin GPS less than five years old. 

• 15-FEB-07 - Many (but not all) buoys in the vicinity of Long/Bear/Cow Islands have been added to 3islands.zip.  Click on the link to download the new 3islands.zip to your own Garmin GPS.
• 21-Jun-07 - Check the Garmin website for firmware updates.  Bizer received the following from a customer: "Everyone should always make sure their Garmin firmware is updated.  When I first loaded the maps, the buoy colors were off.  The blacks were black, but the reds were dark blue.  So it was very difficult to differentiate.  I spent a half hour digging through menu settings, and finally tried a firmware update which fixed it.  (I found references to 'buoy color' in several Garmin firmware release notes... so it sounds like they had a general problem.)"
• 20-Aug-07 - Some high-end Garmins (e.g. 378, 496) show the base map rather than the Bizer map.  On these devices, there is a map selection page in which the base map can be temporarily deactivated.  See the user's manual for your particular Garmin.
• 01-MAR-08 (list updated) - So far, Bizer's file has worked on every Garmin manufactured since 2002.  Users have reported success on the following Garmin GPS units: 60C, 60 CSx, 76S, 76CS, 76CSx, 168, 172, 172C, 176, 176C, 178C, 276C, 296, 376C, 378, 478, 496, Street Pilot (C330, C340, C530, C550, & 660), Etrex Legend, iQue 3600, NuVi (200W, 250W, 260W, 350, & 750) Quest, Street Pilot, V, Zumo 500. 
• 24-MAR-08 - A NuVi user reported that Bizer's buoys are not colored.  In looking at a NuVi product review, "NuVi is designed expressly for automobile use ...", so this may be a limitation.  NuVi loads differently than most Garmin devices.  If you have a NuVi or StreetPilot, please read garmnuvi.doc.
• 10-MAR-10 Price reductions for Garmin Data Cards and BlueChart SD cards.