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Old 05-08-2011, 11:49 AM   #1
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Anyone have any experience with backup cameras?* I'd like to mount one on my pilothouse trawler to cover a blind spot at the stern.
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Old 05-09-2011, 06:07 AM   #2
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If you go to the "Search" button in the header and search "Cameras"* there are several past articles that may help you.

Other wise email me private and I will explain the one I have.
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I installed the AGSAFE (http://www.agsafecamera.com) camera's for back up camera's and engine room camera's.* They are rugged, waterproof and 12vdc, built for large farm equipment.* The system was cheaper than the ones built specifically for boats.
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Old 05-09-2011, 09:29 AM   #4
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Thanks for your reply.* I'll check it out.
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Old 05-09-2011, 09:40 AM   #5
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JCW.* Thanks for your reply.* I checked out the website and their equipment seems to be pretty close to what I am looking for.* The sell a package called the HaulSafe which is intended for the trucking industry.* Is this the unit that you have?* The monitor seems a little small to judge distances behind the boat.* Do you have any comments about that?
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http://www.agsafecamera.com/order_info.html , I bought this basic AGSAFE system at first.* The display is small, but it has several output options to send the image to a TV or PC Monitor.* The mounts are powder coated steel and adjustable. I intend to mount another camera on my radar arch to look forward from "up High".
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Doug, that's some handsome boat you have.
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Thanks JCW.* I'll contact the company and talk to them about it.

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Thanks, Guru.* She's a 1980 Marbin.* We bought her in Sitka AK and have owned her for 5 years now.* We spent 4 months aboard her in SE Alaka last year and loved every minute of it.**

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******* ??????????? What's a Marbin?
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Marben was a company in Seattle that built commercial fishing boats out of fiberglass.* This particular boat was build by a man for his personal yacht.* He bought the hull, then built the house of fiberglass-covered wood.* She is 37 ft. long and is powered by a Ford Lehman 120.* We are the third owners and she has been extensively traveled on both the east and west coasts.* Once in awhile we meet a commercial fisherman who recognizes the Marben hull.* I don't know how many Marbens were built but this is the only one that*was finished as*a yacht.*
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Doug, can you show us a photo of your boat's underbody?

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Are these backup cameras reversed to replicate the view as if looking in a rear-view mirror? I'd get confused if they were normal video.
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Are these backup cameras reversed to replicate the view as if looking in a rear-view mirror? I'd get confused if they were normal video.
*The Speco*CVC-627MR comes either way.* The MR is the one I have and is reverse but the CVC-627 is not reverse.* With the reverse it is just like standing on the upper deck and looking down at the swim platform.* Works real well.

http://www.specotech.com/cart/produc...asp?prodID=641

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Hi Guru.*

I replied to you question earlier but apparently it did not take.* Marben built commercial fishing boats in Seattle some years back.* They were fiberglass and the most common size was 37 ft.** Our boat was built by a man who bought the bare hull, then finished the boat in wood covered with fiberglass.* It has a Ford Lehman 120 in it.*

Every once in awhile*I meet a fisherman who knows the Marbin boats.**Apparently there are*still a few around.* Ours is the only one that was built as a private yacht.*

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The Agsafe backup camera that I have installed can be reveresed or flipped upside down for mounting the camera upside down.
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Hi Mark.*

You asked for a picture of the underbody of our boat.* Unfortunately I do not have one to show you, but I was looking at the photo of your underbody and it is very similar to ours, with a long, rather deep keel.

Thanks for your help.

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You asked for a picture of (our) underbody ...* Unfortunately I do not have one to show you, but I was looking at the photo of your underbody and it is very similar to ours...
*This thread is starting to get rather personal...
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