SO 40 Cockpit Plotter Location

[sihall]

Recently purchased a SO 40 that has the standard Raymarine Electronics. I have purchased an additional RL70crc plus slave with Scanpod to mount in the cockpit. Has anybody carried out a similar task? My intention is to mount on the coach roof, port side, beneath the spray hood. Before I start drilling holes etc I would like to know if it is viewable from the helm(s) or if there is a more suitable place to mount.
Any help greatly appreciated. Thanks

[touchngo]

Have a look back through some of the older threads. Another SO 40 user had posted some images of a plotter being mounted on the aft edge of the cockpit table.

Ours is located at the Nav table. Has worked out ok for the last 3 seasons. I do sometimes have my iPhone in my pocket though.

PT.

[hoppy]

That was my thread jeanneau.proboards.com/index.cgi?board=eq&action=display&thread=1449

I have yet to mount anything in the cockpit. My current plan is to get an Raymarine E7 and then mount it in place of the starboard compass. I need to go down to Greece to remove the compass and do some measurements to see if it will be all possible.

I dragged my feet about the table mount as I have not been brave enough to commit to drilling holes in the cockpit floor for the wiring.

[MalcolmP]

Feb 29, 2012 18:21:05 GMT hoppy said:

That was my thread jeanneau.proboards.com/index.cgi?board=eq&action=display&thread=1449
.......as I have not been brave enough to commit to drilling holes in the cockpit floor for the wiring......

On a previous boat I drilled the cockpit floor to take a largish wire for a wheel mounted autopilot, I used one of the Index glands and had no problem, Scanstrut also now make some good waterproof wire mounts

[hoppy]

Feb 29, 2012 22:18:26 GMT MalcolmP said:

Feb 29, 2012 18:21:05 GMT hoppy said:

That was my thread jeanneau.proboards.com/index.cgi?board=eq&action=display&thread=1449
.......as I have not been brave enough to commit to drilling holes in the cockpit floor for the wiring......

On a previous boat I drilled the cockpit floor to take a largish wire for a wheel mounted autopilot, I used one of the Index glands and had no problem, Scanstrut also now make some good waterproof wire mounts

I was also worried about making a real meal of it and drilling into the cabin divider wall and making a mess of it. I'm also not a fan of exposed cables.

At the end of the day as I know very little about boat maintenance & modifications any mod that has a point of no return has me umming and ahhhing alot

[sihall]

This is the reason why I am hesitating in drilling holes in the boat.
I think I will connect the plotter and test from each helm position. I'll post back with the results. Thanks for the advice so far....

[dnickj]

You would not need to drill into the cabin divider
there is a void between the cockpit floor and the headlining to the aft cabins

We have a plotter on the back edge of the table with the wires then run down through the table leg and into the floor with a suitable cable gland

Apart from 3inch tails connected to the back of the plotter not a cable in sight

[sihall]

Any chance of a picture on how you have done this dnickj?
Thanks

[dnickj]

I am on the boat this weekend and will take a few

[hoppy]

Mar 12, 2012 21:24:16 GMT dnickj said:

I am on the boat this weekend and will take a few

Did you take the photos?

I'm on board at the moment and just removed the cover to get access to where the steering gear is. I can see the slight gap between the cockpit floor and the inner liner. It seems nearly impossible to get access to the gap, but perhaps when you have a hole in the floor it is possible to push the cables through.

I had plans to mount a Raymarine E7 where the compass is on the starboard helm but I now realise it will not fit without getting a new handrail.

So now I'm back to the table mount and drilling into the floor.

Of course now I wonder if the E7 is too small and I should look at the E95 instead.