"Stephen Trapani" wrote in message

What is the best way to hold a laptop on a boat? boat shelf with the
right size hardback books to keep it from sliding around? holder arm
or some homemade jig I can copy? A way to see the laptop screen from
the helm in the cockpit on a sail boat? a couple of different
attachment areas maybe?

Does anyone have some brilliant setup? I have an iBook if that
matters.

Stephen

If you get a chance, go to a consumer electronics place (Best Buy, Circuit
City etc), they all have laptops on display that are essentially held down
so people can't steal them, but still allow them to be used. Each one has a
local place that makes the "holddowns" for them (Basically a steel bracket
that goes across the laptop and bolts through the display/desk). Since each
laptop is a bit different, there isn't really a generic one for all
(keys/touchpad etc are all in different places), but they can usually make a
custom one for different models.