The times I've had it out it's worked just fine there, and
I haven't had any problems with fluctuations in speed. Speed
did change but would hold steady for a bit then change. Other
times it'd read 0k even though we were moving. Since I had no
electrical appliances running, I'd say the primary culprit
is indeed SA, especailly since I can get reasonably accurate
and steady readings under speed in the car. I'd set the
track on and to 0 when I first took it out, and when I got
back I stopped it. I then downloaded it to my laptop using
Waypoint+ and then opened the track up in Street Atlas.
>From there I was able to print out a large poster sized
map showing the track of my first sail in "Dream Catcher."
That's hanging on my wall at work.
Anyway, back to the mounting, I'm planning to change that.
As it is, when people go in and out of the cabin, stepping
over the board, they sometimes knock the antenna out of
vertical. I'm worried about them hitting it hard sideways,
so this may not be that good a location. But with a crew
aware of what I'll do to them if they break it, it works.
A friend of mine, owner of the P15 "Little Whisper," and
I have been discussing a way to clamp the board to the
companionway hatch so it's up there and back out of the
way, but still visible, instead of where everyone has to
step over it. There's also the loss of the use of any
equipment mounted there if one must shut the hatch in bad
weather.
Bill B.
P-18 #454 "Dream Catcher"
Nampa, ID
> If any of you have found a good way/place to mount the GPS II or similar
> GPS, I'd like to hear it. I had mine in a dash bracket velcroed to the
> cabintop, but I would have lost it on multiple occasions if the power plug
> didn't fit so tight.