SeeMe masthead fittings

[Jomo]

My SeeMe was fitted to a bracket at the mast by a hollow plastic two ended 'bolt' through which the cabling was fed. This 'bolt' has a 15mm male fitting at one end, which screws into the base of the unit, and another male fitting of unknown size (as it snapped off) at the other. This was used for fitting to the mast head bracket, secured by a nut (plastic).
Does anyone know where I can get replacements, perferably more solid than the originally fitted plastic. I did ring Munro engineering, and the chap I spoke to says they didn't sell SeeMe's with this type of fitting. However, I spoke to a chap in a chandlery in Ramsgate the other day who says his came with exactly the same type of fittings, so I'm now in some doubt.
Anyway, if somebody could point me in the right direction for the correct fittings, I'd apprecitate it.

 

[dulcibella]

I've found that it works perfectly satisfactorily if clamped onto the pushpit rail - an alternative approach if you can't find satisfactory parts or get tired of going up the mast.

 

[michael_w]

http://www.glomex.it

These guys have probably got what you need.

 

[Jomo]

Thanks both, I'll have a look at the website, but I do like the simple approach of putting it on a pushpit rail...... to simple for an idiot like me to have thought of

 

[AntarcticPilot]

Thanks both, I'll have a look at the website, but I do like the simple approach of putting it on a pushpit rail...... to simple for an idiot like me to have thought of

It may not matter where you are, but putting it on the pushpit will substantially reduce the distance at which you can be seen. Radar is line of sight, like VHF (actually, more so). A Sea-Me at the top of a 10m mast will be "visible" 11 km further away than one on the pushpit. It may also make your reflection indistinguishable from the surface scatter from the waves.

 

[PeterR]

I had the same plastic fitting and it came loose within a couple of months. I could only get it to stay put by wrapping lots of self amalgamating tape around the See Me the bolt and the bracket.

I changed it this year for a proper S/S stand off bracket which screws straight into the end of the See Me. The Glomex bracket is quite expensive but Echomax do one for about half the price.

 

[Porthandbuoy]

Being 'active' is there not a risk to your brain cells having it pinging away at the back of your head if pushpit mounted?