We are thinking about adding radar to SaSeaCat. If we do it will be a Raymarine unit as all our instruments including the MFD are Raymarine. The radar unit does not include a bracket to mount the unit on the mast.
Does anyone know where to buy radar mounting brackets or have a design for one that would work on a NS30 mast.
Thank
…Ed
Ed and Marlene Brost
SaSeaCat 30U
There are past articles on mounting items on the mast that do not include drilling which should be avoided at all costs. Go to the INA website and do a search. Also, if you put down your location in your signature, you may find someone nearby that can show you theirs.
Joe Valinoti
S/V iL Gatto NS30U #221
Sea Harbour YC
Oriental, NC USA
Thanks Joe. Sorry for not including my location.
Ed and Marlene Brost
SaSeaCat, NS30322
Sarnia Yacht Club
Another possibility is to mount the radar on a post at the transom. Check with the radar model you want. It may well say that it should not be mounted too high. Modern, digital radars are quite different from the older analog ones. I have had both. Another advantage of the stern mount is that you can attach a hoist for an outboard. Check with Garhauer, they have good stuff and good prices.
Sorry, Ed, but I still don’t see a geographical location in your posting.
Joe Valinoti
S/V iL Gatto NS30U #221
Sea Harbour YC
Oriental, NC USA
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[/details]Joe -
On Ed’s “apology” posting, it says Sarnia Yacht Club. Sarnia is in Ontario, on Lake Huron, right across from Port Huron, Michigan. It’s the most southerly point on Lake Huron.
Ernie A. in Toronto
Hello Joe
I edited my auto signature to include our location. Sarnia is across the river from Port Huron Michigan.
…..Ed
Ed and Marlene Brost
SaSeaCat, NS30322
Sarnia Yacht Club, Sarnia, Ontario Canada
Hi Ed,
Here is a photo of a radome mount I had fabricated in aluminum about 20 years ago - still solid and works well. Each of the two brackets is made from a section of aluminum pipe whose interior diameter mated with exterior of the mast. The upper one has a platform for the radome mount, the lower one has a tang welded to it, and a solid aluminum fastened there triangulates to the underside of the radar platform. The brackets are fastened with ss hoseclamps, isolated from the mast with some inner tube rubber. The power/data cable is run externally down the front of the mast with adhesive cable ties that need to be refreshed each year. Cable feeds down through the mast boot into the hull.
Greg Silver
Misty Cat 26C #121
St. Peter’s, Cape Breton, Nova Scotia
Hi Ed -
I had Klacko make one for my NS30 last year. It is banded to the mast and has worked well. You’ll have to decide where you want it located, and then measure the mast diameter in two places where it will attach to the mast. I have a large caliper I used to measure the mast diameter. Since the mount is stainless steel I used a 1/8” thick rubber pad between the mount and the mast, which protects the aluminum from corrosion and also gave the bands something to ‘squeeze’ down when tightening.
Bob Gehrman
NS30 #396 “Quickbeam”
Baltimore, Maryland
Thanks Bob,
Very helpful. Your pictures give me something to go by.
Ed and Marlene Brost
SaSeaCat, NS30322
Sarnia Yacht Club, Sarnia, Ontario Canada
Thanks Greg, pictures are worth a thousand words, and your words describe the photo well.
