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Re: Review: Choosing a design to build
By:JohnAbercrombie
Date: 10/21/2016, 7:36 pm
In Response To: Re: Review: Choosing a design to build (Steve Solomon)

incorporating a mounting bracket

One thing to consider would be a (RAM or other brand) mount base to allow you to attach your GPS (or other electronic toy) to the deck in front of the cockpit.

On a strip/glass boat (or plywood boat) no deck reinforcement is needed for such things, so you can add them easily.

Drilling holes through a 'purty' wood deck is no laughing matter if you change your mind later!

I'd advise experimenting with a compass in different locations before incorporating a compass into the deck structure. Shock cord attachments allow you to put the compass over a chart case, for example. For me the (mostly Brit) boats with the compass recesses forward of the front hatch are a joke - I definitely can't see a compass that far away, especially if my glasses are wet.

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Review: Choosing a design to build
JohnAbercrombie -- 10/21/2016, 2:34 pm
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Steve Solomon -- 10/21/2016, 2:47 pm
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Mark N -- 10/22/2016, 7:10 am
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JohnAbercrombie -- 10/21/2016, 3:06 pm
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Steve Solomon -- 10/21/2016, 4:35 pm
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JohnAbercrombie -- 10/21/2016, 7:08 pm
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JohnAbercrombie -- 10/21/2016, 7:36 pm
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Etienne Muller -- 10/22/2016, 5:50 am
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Etienne Muller -- 10/22/2016, 6:21 am
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JohnAbercrombie -- 10/22/2016, 12:39 pm
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Thomas Duncan -- 10/23/2016, 8:55 am
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Bill Hamm -- 10/23/2016, 11:42 pm
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JohnAbercrombie -- 10/21/2016, 7:41 pm
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Bill Hamm -- 10/22/2016, 2:20 am
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JohnAbercrombie -- 10/22/2016, 12:02 pm
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John Messinger -- 10/22/2016, 2:06 am
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Etienne Muller -- 10/22/2016, 7:53 am
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JohnAbercrombie -- 10/22/2016, 1:15 pm
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Nick R. -- 10/22/2016, 2:23 pm
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JohnAbercrombie -- 10/28/2016, 5:21 pm
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Etienne Muller -- 10/28/2016, 5:40 pm
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Nick R. -- 10/22/2016, 11:50 am
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Etienne Muller -- 10/22/2016, 12:54 pm
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JohnAbercrombie -- 10/22/2016, 1:17 pm
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JohnAbercrombie -- 10/22/2016, 1:59 pm
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JohnAbercrombie -- 10/22/2016, 4:29 pm