Thanks all for the input. I should have added that I will be using the chartplotter for racing, and more for B&G's sail-steer information ( TWS, TWA, AWS, AWS, TWD, laylines, wind shift patterns, routing) than for the plotter aspect.
> On 12/03/2021 1:03 PM Dave S via CnC-List <cnc-list@cnc-list.com> wrote: > > > I have a fixed plotter at the nav table, I leave that running > (openplotter on a raspberry Pi) and when I need a chart at the helm while > steering, I use an iPad in a waterproof case, on a detachable ram mount. The > iPad is really only used in tight quarters while steering so - like Joel- I > only view from the wheel. > The iPad stays below, charging, on another ram ball when not in use. > Prior to getting the Pi, the iPad was left running below but was moved to the > helm when needed. > The iPad connects the the network via wifi, the Pi via a USB gateway. > The iPad can be viewed from any angle when at the helm. I imagined this > was good and useful at first but in reality i’ve never found the need. > Dave > Sent from my iPhone > > > > > On Dec 3, 2021, at 12:43 PM, Joel Aronson via CnC-List > <cnc-list@cnc-list.com> wrote: > > > > > > > > > > I have a RAM mount on the pedestal guard, but rarely > rotate the plotter. > > > > Joel > > > > On Fri, Dec 3, 2021 at 8:33 AM Della Barba, Joe via CnC-List > > <cnc-list@cnc-list.com mailto:cnc-list@cnc-list.com > wrote: > > > > > > > I have a plotter at the helm of my 35 MK I. It faces aft, > > if I want to navigate from forward, like I do about 90% of the time, I look > > at the computer on the chart table or SeaIQ/Navionics on my iPad. > > > If I rotated the helm plotter sideways I think the mainsheet > > > would get it. > > > > > > Joe Della Barba > > > Coquina > > > 73 C&C 35 MK I > > > > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > > From: Bob Mann via CnC-List <cnc-list@cnc-list.com > > > mailto:cnc-list@cnc-list.com > > > > Sent: Thursday, December 2, 2021 8:21 PM > > > To: Stus-List <cnc-list@cnc-list.com > > > mailto:cnc-list@cnc-list.com > > > > Cc: Bob Mann <sailrm...@comcast.net > > > mailto:sailrm...@comcast.net > > > > Subject: [EXTERNAL] Stus-List mounting chart plotter at helm > > > > > > I was going to put another instrument display at the helm of > > > my 35 mk I, but realized a chartplotter was only a couple hundred more so > > > went that route. > > > > > > Any suggestions on how to mount it to my Edson pedestal so I > > > can rotate it sideways, for easy viewing from the coaming? I rarely steer > > > from behind the wheel so I want to see it from the sides. The pedestal > > > is about the same height as the wheel (not my boat, but similar setup. I > > > don't have the top tray): > > > https://i44.servimg.com/u/f44/17/14/05/22/2012-110.jpg) > > > > > > The chartplotter is the B&G Vulcan 9. > > > > > > regards, > > > Bob Mann > > > Thanks to all of the subscribers that contributed to the list > > > to help with the costs involved. If you want to show your support to the > > > list - use PayPal to send contribution -- > > > https://www.paypal.me/stumurray Thanks - Stu > > > Thanks to all of the subscribers that contributed to the list > > > to help with the costs involved. If you want to show your support to the > > > list - use PayPal to send contribution -- > > > https://www.paypal.me/stumurray Thanks - Stu > > > > > > > > > > > > -- > > Joel > > > > Thanks to all of the subscribers that contributed to the list to > > help with the costs involved. If you want to show your support to the list > > - use PayPal to send contribution -- https://www.paypal.me/stumurray > > Thanks - Stu > > > > > Thanks to all of the subscribers that contributed to the list to > > help with the costs involved. If you want to show your support to the list > > - use PayPal to send contribution -- https://www.paypal.me/stumurray Thanks > > - Stu >
Thanks to all of the subscribers that contributed to the list to help with the costs involved. If you want to show your support to the list - use PayPal to send contribution -- https://www.paypal.me/stumurray Thanks - Stu
