I want to mount a small GPS to a swing arm mount on my Sun Cat. It seems that the only one commercially available is the RAM-109VU. I'm sure it is a beefy unit, but it seems like overkill to me. I'm thinking of making one myself out of teak. Has anyone made their own swing arm mount? If so, a picture would be great. Thanks.
I used the RAM 109V for my Garmin 54cv gps and it has worked well. I figured by the time you bought teak and the time spent to make something it wouldn't really be much of a savings.
Fred
I've seen a few on the web, some better than others. I'm doing mine differently (posts on the Eclipse section). Hope these are useful.
Use a small TV wall mount.
I finished installing my GPS today. I took Fred's advise and purchased a RAM-109VU swing out vertical mount. I purchased a piece of teak cut-off from a local lumber yard to use as a pad for the mount. I cut the port side of the pad to match the angle of the companionway trim, then rounded the corners and put a 1/8th inch radius on the edges. My wife did her usual outstanding varnish work on it. I attached the pad to the bulkhead with Scotch Extreme mounting tape. Hope it holds. If not, I can always epoxy it to the bulkhead. See attached photos.
Here's the other photo.
Mines on a Ram Mount, not sure what model number for the components that made it up. Truthfully, in twelve years probably only used it a half dozen times, a few times running in skinny water down on the Gulf and a few times on low visibility night sails to get back to the Marina on my home lake. I'm a woodworker so I really like the one Johnno made.
I ordered one of these mounts for my Humminbird Helix that has followed me from boat to boat. It might be a bit overkill, and adds a bit of that "NASA/Apollo Lunar module-sheik" to the interior d?cor, but I named my Sun Cat ARTEMIS, so it fits. ;D
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P.S. Not a fan of the terrible name branding, so that is getting painted over for sure.