Etrex Vista C and circular race route

Hi,

I use an etrex Vista C to navigate a rowing racing course in San
Francisco Bay. The course starts and ends in the same place (runs
under the Golden Gate bridge, around various buoys and near various
points).

I would like to be able to:

1) have the GPS unit display the route waypoints in the proper order
from Start to Finish
or specifically, display the directional arrow and distance to the
next waypoint with Heading
2) be able to do this with no hands (they are busy with oars)

The critical part is displaying the information in order as one
navigates the course.

Currently, the behavior is something like this:

1) the first waypoint is skipped no matter what. It's a throwaway.
2) If the finish is the same as the start (it usually is in these
races), then the etrex Vista C tells me I have arrived at the finish
(true enough, but not the information I would like.)

Several of us have resorted to not inputting the finish and just
navigating by sight (horrors), which is tough in rowing because you're
not facing the direction you're traveling (so you have to constantly
look over your shoulder).

The Vista C works fairly well in every other regard (for my uses).

Thanks for any help,

Torsten



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