[C38] radar

[Joseph Launie]

Ken,
    I have my radar screen mounted on my pedestal. I have it placed in a 
Edson mount. My GPS is also mounted on the pedestal. I plan to sail this 
saturday so will send pix. One thing I learned about the installation. 
Edson tells you you can run the co-ax inside the pedestal guard tubing. 
They do not tell you it will take two strong men over three hours to 
horse it through. It is the mother of all tight fits. Edson is now 
making a pedestal guard with larger diameter tubing. I think you could 
easily buy that tubing and install it with the labor savings from the 
other installation.  You do not want to be running below in the fog to 
look at your radar screen and you do not want to send someone below to 
look at the screen to tell you what is out there. This is bad enough on 
a racing boat. On a cruising boat - it could severely test your 
relationship with the partner sent below. Every trip, race or cruise 
from Santa Barbara to or around the islands goes through the steamer 
lanes at least twice. They are fast and if downwind, silent. Crossing 
the steamer lanes in the fog can be scary.  One foggy afternoon,ghosting 
along at 2 knots  outside the steamer lanes I suddenly heard a massive 
fog horn close by. (long before I had radar) I rang my bell, blew my 
horn and banged on a pan to let them know we were there. The horn got 
closer and then slowly faded away. I never could hear the engines or bow 
wave.    The next weekend, sailing in the same area, I realized I was 
trying to avoid being run down by an oil platform. Joe Launie/Macavity

Kenneth M. Sutto wrote:
>   I was at the Seattle Boat show this past weekend looking  at radar 
> units for the boat. There is alot to choose from and my biggest 
> question is where to mount the radar screen. If anyone has radar on 
> their boat where did you mount the screen for best use? Also any input 
> on what brands will help. A fellow down at the marina told me today 
> that one company makes a remote screen you can keep in the cockpit. It 
> plugs into the  back of the unit and a cable can be run out on 
> deck with a readout. Does anyone have knowledge of this brand of radar?
>  
>   Ken    "Sundancer"
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