Velcro

[thinwater]

...However, a cruising sailor will probably never experience 5G in his or her entire life, and 10G is totally impossible....
Richard

In a cruising boat, as you say, 5 Gs is a stretch. BTW, when I mentioned 10Gs for skiff, I actually meant a racing powerboat skiff. And often they come out of those in pieces. I was NOT considering a cruising sailboat!

 

[RichardS]

I suggest you are looking for an argument where there isn't one.

Errrr .... if there's no argument then stop arguing. :encouragement:

(A poster with my word:smiley ratio is clearly never short of breath. )

I'll bet that Seajet comes along any time now 'cos he always must have the last word.

Richard

 

[Seajet]

Funny how I formed the same opinion of your argumentative ' must-have-the-last-word ' approach too.

 

[FlyingGoose]

Well what is certain is where all heading in this direction and some of us are already there

 

[coveman]

Hi
I am about to fit a Garmin 65cv echomap plus chartplotter to the boat. I have decided to attach a bracket to the inside of the cabin on the starboard side just inside the hatch, to the GRP. The idea being that I could then have a bracket that would swing out so that I can see it from the cockpit but it would also swing inside when not in use or could be viewed inside the cabin. I hate screwing anything to the boat or glueing for that matter, and was considering a wide piece of Velcro tape to secure the bracket. The weight of the unit is 0.7kg and a strip of Velcro is rated to take 7kg max load for a 100mmx50mm strip so it would appear adequate.
I have also heard there is a product called Dual lock by 3M that is also a good alternative.

Any thoughts good or bad????

For one reason and another I have not been able to complete this task but plan on doing it now - could anyone suggest a swiveling bracket that could be used for this? I want to need to fit the bracket on the 25mm ( diameter) vertical handrail at the side of the cockpit entrance to the cabin. The Echomap comes with a bracket that would fit to a piece of horizontal ply or similar but I need a way of swinging it out by 180 degrees. Any suggestions from you wise folks!?