boomerang
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- Apr 29, 2016
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- united states
- Vessel Name
- Wandering Star
- Vessel Make
- PSN40
Ever since we bought our model 1 Mainship, we've planned on adding a radar so weather or darkness wouldn't hamper our cruising enjoyment. I was having a hard time deciding where & how to mount the antenna and scrutinized every picture of similar styled boats & how their antennas were mounted. We finally settled on mounting it on the aft starboard side of the bridge wing, using the flybridge railing for fore & aft stability & a 48" piece of tubing fastened to the seating & 2/3 up the mast for athwartship stability. We had the stand fabricated locally out of heavier gauge 3" aluminum conduit that's very rigid unlike smaller diameter ,thinner tubing with too much flex that I've experienced in the past. We incorporated the anchor light & TV antenna onto the mast & the whole thing is still less than 17' from the water , which lets us pass under most every bridge from our dock to Jacksonville ,Florida that wouldn't have had to open for us anyway.
I squirreled the radar away when a I took it on trade from a customer. It's not Garmin's latest color unit but we're just interested in using it for navigation. I don't care what color the blob in front of me is in the fog, I just want to see it!
Anyway, here's what we have & personally, we really don't think it looks too bad where it is. Maybe the pictures will help others who are in the process of adding a radar to a small cruiser decide where or where not they want to put it.
I squirreled the radar away when a I took it on trade from a customer. It's not Garmin's latest color unit but we're just interested in using it for navigation. I don't care what color the blob in front of me is in the fog, I just want to see it!
Anyway, here's what we have & personally, we really don't think it looks too bad where it is. Maybe the pictures will help others who are in the process of adding a radar to a small cruiser decide where or where not they want to put it.
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