Doh!

Funny enough there are a few thousand of us that keep our boats on Inland
Waterways because thats near where we live, BUT we choose to take them to
sea for holidays.

In the last couple of years, we have visited Holland, Belgium, France and
the East Coast of England from a base at Bray near Maidenhead.

Mike

"Peter Keating" wrote in message
...
Why do you need a radar for an inland waterways boat anyway, I'm surprised
nobody else has asked this fundamental queston. Peter
"Jim Conlin" wrote in message
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Even if te radar gizmo weighs nothing, is the mast in a position where
it
could be used as a handhold/leaning post?. If so, it'll need to be
quite
robust.

Rob wrote:

Hi,

I am looking to make a short hinged mast for a radar aerial from
aluminium tube for an inland waterways vessel. The aerial weighs 4.6
kg and mounts on a plate 210mm x 210mm. Was thinking of using a 1 1/4
inch 16 gauge aluminium tube, with a flat 10mm plate welded across the
top. Total mast length around 2.5m, with approx 1.25m above the
pivot.
Grateful for any thoughts.

TVMIA