Paul, You touch on a admittedly "personal" complaint of mine. That is.. Mounting important navigational aids at the Wheel position. Usually on a mounting that can be seen ONLY by the person driving the boat. Perhaps it is OK .. IF... the boat is only Single Handed all of the time. But, with any kind of crew, IMHO, the more EYES... that are watching those Nav Aids, the Better !
I can only surmise that the idea of a.. "Dash Board"... in front of the Driver, is the reason. A kind of "I'm In Command" feeling. For me, I'd rather have a lot of folks keeping Watch.. And to do that, I'd prefer the important Aids be in a location that is VISIBLE ...to ALL. That one time I'm driving the boat with my attention elsewhere, That the Depth Gauge "prettily" setting on a Pedestal somewhere, NOT in the sight of a crew person, Just MIGHT be registering a bottom coming UP !!..... Then after striking..... I'll wish it was installed somewhere Where Everyone could have seen it. Just MY personal feeling. YMMV.... LOL Uniform Whisky, Ralph Ahseln "Oblio" Lying Hayden Bay, Portland OR From: PAUL Sent: Thursday, January 14, 2010 2:44 PM To: [email protected] Subject: [IC27A] Electronics mounting at the wheel helm Hi all, Need more advice from you seasoned skippers. The boat I recently purchased has a through-hull depth-sounding transducer but no depth gauge. I've found one at a local boat electronics store that works with the transducer when powered. I think I can find a bracket to mount it on the guard above the binnacle compass. Need some wisdom on running the wires from there to the fuze box and transducer. Will I have to drill a hole in the pedestal or is there another way? Thanks! Paul [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
