Best way to secure a laptop on map table or dining table

[SimonFa]

I've installed OpenCpn and have VistMyHarbour maps. I have access to all boat information through a wireless NMEA connection.

So all I need to be able to do is secure the laptop so I can use it all during passages.

Any tips, please?

Thanks,

Simon

 

[sailorman]

Wot is a "Map Table"

 

[paul-essex]

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Auto-Car-...d=100011&prg=9210&rk=4&rkt=10&sd=181021140798 a larger on of these

 

[oldsaltoz]

A Velcro pad works well on the chart table.

 

[NickRobinson]

Hi-
I use that plastic section fascia board. It looks properly made, can be cut or sanded and has a lip.

I use a small woodworkers cramp on one corner to hold it in place to the saloon table in my case.

Free too!

Pics somewhere if you want to see

Nick

 

[aslabend]

I fixed a bit of webbing across the chart table and made it just lose enough to be able to slip the laptop screen under it and then fold the laptop so it can't slip out.

 

[nigelmercier]

3M Dual Lock Tape VHB SJ3550 http://amzn.to/1eMrqS9

I've bought loads of it from this guy before. Brilliant stuff, I use it for all kinds of fittings. Clean the area first with IPA or other solvent.

 

[ffiill]

Double sided suction cups-loads on e bay and work really well and also give some degree of shock absorbtion

 

[Spirit of Glenans]

First attach the table to an apple tree

 

[Spirit of Glenans]

3M Dual Lock Tape VHB SJ3550 http://amzn.to/1eMrqS9

Clean the area first with IPA or other solvent.

First time I've seen India Pale Ale recommended as a solvent

 

[lpdsn]

A Velcro pad works well on the chart table.

Didn't for me. The laptop stayed in place but there was nothing to cushion the blows in heavy weather and the screen shattered when we fell off a wave. And that was a Toughbook that had previously been around the world on a Volvo 70.

 

[nigelmercier]

3M Dual Lock Tape VHB SJ3550 http://amzn.to/1eMrqS9

I've bought loads of it from this guy before. Brilliant stuff, I use it for all kinds of fittings. Clean the area first with IPA or other solvent.

First time I've seen India Pale Ale recommended as a solvent

Isopropyl Alcohol: http://amzn.to/1lmlSlO