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Capt. Kurt
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Initially Posted - 07/18/2005 :  14:31:24  Show Profile
I installed my GPS this weekend, here are some photo's of how it came out. I will probably shorten that verticle tube so the GPS doesnt sit so high up, but I need play around with it to figure out how high I want it. One more useful position, which i didn't post a pic of, is rotating the gps so you can see it while sleeping in the aft berth. (My main motivation for getting a gps was anchor alarm. Now I dont need to get up to see if we have moved.)

Kurt
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tmhansen
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Response Posted - 07/19/2005 :  00:37:29  Show Profile  Visit tmhansen's Homepage
Pretty cool! That looks like it should work great.
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simonhayes
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Response Posted - 07/19/2005 :  01:03:19  Show Profile
Great idea - I have been looking for a way to be able to mount my gps such that I can easily move it in and out of the cabin. I hadn't thought of mounting it to the ladder..seems like a great place.

I actually think you want it to be high enough such tha you can see/adjust it while sitting in the cockpit. My current GPS is mounted too low to the right of the companionway and getting at it is a real pain.

Where did you get the mount ?

Thanks for sharing,

Simon
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britinusa
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Response Posted - 07/19/2005 :  08:40:32  Show Profile  Visit britinusa's Homepage
Cap'n Kurt, did you have to go through any special training in order to view the GPS while sleeping
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Capt. Kurt
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Response Posted - 07/19/2005 :  10:06:30  Show Profile
Britinusa, When sleeping on the boat, I seem to automatically sleep with one eye open! :)

Simon, I got the mount from RAM website distributor. Here is the RAM website:
http://www.ram-mount.com/

Kurt
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