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brackets for swing-out nav equipment
I have seen boats with brackets that swing a nav board (Gps/radar displays) into the companionway. I looked in Home Depot for some type of bracket that could be tightened after it swings out, with no luck.
If anyone has any recommendations, I would appreciate it!
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You may have a little more luck looking in an electronic's store, like best buys. I know they have something like that to mount a TV on.
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Unfortunately, the best source for those arms I've seen is still Worst Marine.
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SailingDog is correct. The best source is WM.
I just searched exhaustively and that's what I ended up with. I bought the basic swing mount for $70. It's aluminum and well made.
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great input folks. Thanks! Unfortunately, I was near a West Marine a few days ago, and now that I am home, it will have to be mail order - nearest one is several hours away.
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A company called Ram-Mount makes a lot of mountings for tons of different electronics. Many of them are made for a specific product, like a garmin440 for instance.
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I looked at the RAM mounts and they seem nice. However, most pivot around a ball joint and that's not really what I wanted for my application.
I had to order the mount as well. I had to pay shipping AND sales tax. That's WM for you...
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NOLASailing-
I've got the next size up of that same mount for my GPS. Very nice to be able to use it in both the cockpit and the cabin.
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I would go back to RAM MOUNT again and re-look. I have a mount from them that has 4 or 5 way positioning and there is no ball and each position can be locked into place. They have pages and pages of stuff. I remember it took a while to figure out which pieces we needed to make up what we have, and have it work for us. Prices were resonable enough, and we worked with a good company out of GA.
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There are hundreds of different kinds of RAM mounts. If you email them and tell them what you want, they will spec one out and forward your request to 3-4 RAM dealers you can order from (discount). Not all of them use the ball joints. My personal server is down right now but I'll post a pic of my old mount later... the RAM mounts are machined aluminum and very solid and I can't speak well enough of them.
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