The swing mounts are what most folks around here use. Swung into the companionway when in use and neatly hidden when not needed. Most are mounted to port. In a message dated 12/14/2007 12:49:09 P.M. Eastern Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
Joe McCary <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: That’s a nice gift! I am sure you will enjoy it. I have a mounted Garmin GPS, as a handheld will not give as much info and always need AA batteries. I use a Garmin 38 handheld. That's right, a 38; the damn thing is nine or ten years old and still ticking along. I have a 12v lighter plug adapter which keeps the AA battery inventory low. I installed a 12v socket in the coaming box on the port side. I plug it in there and just prop it up against the backrest. Not elegant, but, I'm too cheap to buy one of the over-priced plastic holders. Okay, it's not a chartplotter, but I get heading, bearing to a waypoint, speed-over-ground, (still need the little paddle-wheel thingy for speed-through-the-water), AND velocity-made-good. I also get distance to the waypoint and ETA. All-in-all, a fair amount of info, assuming, of course, that I carry a chartbook. If I was fortunate enough to be gifted a chartplotter, I like those swing-out mounts that were mentioned by another responder. Envious in Mathews, VA Jim Calleran, C27 #2784; OB, tiller, trad interior ____________________________________ Never miss a thing. _Make Yahoo your homepage._ (http://us.rd.yahoo.com/evt=51438/*http://www.yahoo.com/r/hs) **************************************See AOL's top rated recipes (http://food.aol.com/top-rated-recipes?NCID=aoltop00030000000004)
