[alberg30] GPS mount

[alberg30]

From: "alberg30" <alberg30 at interactive.net>

Sanders:

The fold-away step in the cockpit works well for an external speaker we have
installed there. The speaker has suffered no damage as the step protects it
well. The speaker is water-proof, and has suffered no weather damage there,
either.

I don't know about the GPS. The real question, as you stated, would be
weather-resistance, I think.  I recently mounted my GPS, a Meridian XL
handheld unit, on a bracket that is attached to my Skippers Nav Helper
http://userweb.interactive.net/~alberg30/navhlpr.html (read: shameless
plug). In the spot where I previously put the brass hook, I mounted the GPS
bracket. It is accessible to the cockpit, gets a clean signal because its
close to the open companionway, and it's still protected from getting kicked
or smacked around.

My GPS bracket is a stationary fix-mounted clip type. Perhaps, a swinging
mount would allow you to see the GPS from outside in the cockpit, but then
you can swing it out of the way afterwards.

Something to think about,

Joe #499
"One Less Traveled"
----- Original Message -----
From: <sandersm at aol.com>
To: <alberg30 at onelist.com>
Sent: Saturday, February 26, 2000 1:36 AM
Subject: [alberg30] GPS mount


> From: sandersm at aol.com
>
> I generally avoid marine electronics for simplicity's sake and a general
> desire not to put holes in my boat for transducers and mounts and such.
My
> yard, though, has persuaded me to mount a Garmin GPS head that came
unmounted
> with the boat.  Apart from telling me how to find my way in the fog (at
least
> of the atmospheric kind) they note that the unit can serve as a knotmeter,
> which would be nice when trying different sail trims.
>
> That would suggest a mount in the cockpit.  Problem:  Where to put it?  It
> just occurred to me, that the hinged step in front of the companionway
might
> be the ideal location -- easy to see when at the tiller, protected from
> missteps, and there is already a fitting through which a line could be
run,
> solving the need to make another hole in the boat.
>
> I rather like the idea of putting that spot to some use.  Has anyone else
> attempted such an installation?  Will a Garmin head stand up to the
elements,
> if mounted in the cockpit?
>
> Sanders McNew
> WILD ELF  (# 297)
>
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