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Here ya go...

Some detail pics of the swing around panel design.

http://www.home.earthlink.net/~capri...mods.htm#panel
Looks great! Thanks for sharing.
I guess the big trick is how to locate the hinge line
so they panel can swing around any framing for the companionway.

This on uses two features to do that.
First, the hinge spacer moves the hinge line away from the wall.
Then there is a recess that fits around the framing.

I looked at a lot of photos of how this was done on other boats.
Each boat is different, and the panel arrangements are all quite
different.
Just work out what will work on your boat and go for it!

Richard

Sounds good. I noticed your spacer arrangement and IIRC, mine is about 1 1/2
inches.
I was going to just mount my depth sounder (fish finder) but after seeing
your arrangement will also mount the compass.
Thanks again!


LOL, just don't hang a speaker near the compass.

Before I removed the speaker, you could "adjust" the compass
20 or 30 degrees just by tilting the speaker a bit.

On Sat, 28 Nov 2009 22:02:42 -0600, cavelamb
wrote:

mmc wrote:
"cavelamb" wrote in message
m...
mmc wrote:
"cavelamb" wrote in message
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Here ya go...

Some detail pics of the swing around panel design.

http://www.home.earthlink.net/~capri...mods.htm#panel
Looks great! Thanks for sharing.
I guess the big trick is how to locate the hinge line
so they panel can swing around any framing for the companionway.

This on uses two features to do that.
First, the hinge spacer moves the hinge line away from the wall.
Then there is a recess that fits around the framing.

I looked at a lot of photos of how this was done on other boats.
Each boat is different, and the panel arrangements are all quite
different.
Just work out what will work on your boat and go for it!

Richard

Sounds good. I noticed your spacer arrangement and IIRC, mine is about 1 1/2
inches.
I was going to just mount my depth sounder (fish finder) but after seeing
your arrangement will also mount the compass.
Thanks again!


LOL, just don't hang a speaker near the compass.

Before I removed the speaker, you could "adjust" the compass
20 or 30 degrees just by tilting the speaker a bit.

Garmin now seems to give a spec for how far each model GPS needs to be
away from the compass to avoid interference.

"cavelamb" wrote in message
m...
mmc wrote:
"cavelamb" wrote in message
m...
mmc wrote:
"cavelamb" wrote in message
...
Here ya go...

Some detail pics of the swing around panel design.

http://www.home.earthlink.net/~capri...mods.htm#panel
Looks great! Thanks for sharing.
I guess the big trick is how to locate the hinge line
so they panel can swing around any framing for the companionway.

This on uses two features to do that.
First, the hinge spacer moves the hinge line away from the wall.
Then there is a recess that fits around the framing.

I looked at a lot of photos of how this was done on other boats.
Each boat is different, and the panel arrangements are all quite
different.
Just work out what will work on your boat and go for it!

Richard

Sounds good. I noticed your spacer arrangement and IIRC, mine is about 1
1/2 inches.
I was going to just mount my depth sounder (fish finder) but after seeing
your arrangement will also mount the compass.
Thanks again!
LOL, just don't hang a speaker near the compass.

Before I removed the speaker, you could "adjust" the compass
20 or 30 degrees just by tilting the speaker a bit.

I thought about a speaker/mic for my VHF and then remembered the trip home
with my old GS 41 from South FL. Conversation between my 2 old friends and I
was getting stale so I decided we needed some music in the cockpit and
retrieved a boombox from below. The boat was old (73) and needed a lot but
had a nearly new auto pilot, which made a very hard right turn as I passed
the flux gate compass mounted next to the companionway with the boom
box....my buddy grabbed the wheel and yanked it back the other way before we
wandered out of the channel and went aground.
That was probably the most exciting thing to happen on the trip. Or maybe it
was the great burgers and cold beer we got at Ft Pierce City Marina.
My VHF is just inside to port and I can hear it fine anyway so I'll leave
good enough alone.