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28 September 2023, 16:18
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Country: UK - England
Town: Glos
Boat name: Jam-First
Make: Ribeye
Length: 6m +
Engine: Selva 100 Spearfish
MMSI: 232051884
Join Date: Jul 2020
Posts: 23
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Radar Bracket
Hi all,
who has Radar on their Rib? I've just bought a Garmin unit and I'm trying to work out the best way to mount. Do people tend to mount direct on top of the A-Frame, or on short riser? I think it might be a bit close to people's heads direct on top. But equally, I dont want it too high up
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28 September 2023, 17:24
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Member
Country: UK - England
Town: South Yorks
Boat name: Black Pig
Make: Ribcraft
Length: 5m +
Engine: DF140a
MMSI: 235111389
Join Date: Feb 2008
Posts: 12,101
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Originally Posted by Tlawrence
Hi all,
who has Radar on their Rib? I've just bought a Garmin unit and I'm trying to work out the best way to mount. Do people tend to mount direct on top of the A-Frame, or on short riser? I think it might be a bit close to people's heads direct on top. But equally, I dont want it too high up
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Modern digital radar is much more “head” friendly than the old school microwave type, so clearances aren’t as big an issue as they used to be. Also as with most things radio, the higher the better.
If you don’t have a bracket built into the A frame, have a look at the offerings from Scanstrut.
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28 September 2023, 18:01
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Member
Country: UK - England
Town: Farnborough
Boat name: Narcissus
Make: Cobra
Length: 7m +
Engine: Optimax 225
Join Date: Jul 2003
Posts: 2,353
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You ribnobbers do excel in making things look as ugly as possible.
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28 September 2023, 19:21
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Member
Country: UK - England
Town: South Yorks
Boat name: Black Pig
Make: Ribcraft
Length: 5m +
Engine: DF140a
MMSI: 235111389
Join Date: Feb 2008
Posts: 12,101
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Originally Posted by Matt
You ribnobbers do excel in making things look as ugly as possible. ![ROFL](https://www.rib.net/forum/images/smilies/likeadrain.gif)
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The eye of the beholder an’ all that[emoji6]
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28 September 2023, 19:26
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Country: UK - Scotland
Town: north ayrshire
Boat name: charlie girl
Make: S/R5.4/regal3760
Length: 10m +
Engine: Suzukidf70 2x6lp 315
Join Date: Jul 2009
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Tlawrence
Hi all,
who has Radar on their Rib? I've just bought a Garmin unit and I'm trying to work out the best way to mount. Do people tend to mount direct on top of the A-Frame, or on short riser? I think it might be a bit close to people's heads direct on top. But equally, I dont want it too high up
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Last one I owned with radar it was sat on a stainless scanstrut with the matching mast head nav light & gps antenna brackets it looked pretty smart. They do lots of different options, not cheap but do look the part
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28 September 2023, 19:35
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Member
Country: UK - England
Town: Farnborough
Boat name: Narcissus
Make: Cobra
Length: 7m +
Engine: Optimax 225
Join Date: Jul 2003
Posts: 2,353
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Originally Posted by Pikey Dave
The eye of the beholder an’ all that[emoji6]
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The boat's fine - never criticise another man's boat. But you've built the Eiffel Tower on the back of it!
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28 September 2023, 19:47
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Member
Country: UK - England
Town: South Yorks
Boat name: Black Pig
Make: Ribcraft
Length: 5m +
Engine: DF140a
MMSI: 235111389
Join Date: Feb 2008
Posts: 12,101
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Radar Bracket
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Originally Posted by Matt
The boat's fine - never criticise another man's boat. But you've built the Eiffel Tower on the back of it!
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Aye! It was built with function over form tbh. The whole outfit was built for offshore deep mixed gas diving. So it was what it was tbh. I looked at having a “standard” A frame & putting a scanstrut on top, but Ribcraft said they could build a platform for the radome integrated into the A frame. The cost of doing that was half the cost of buying the scanstrut bracket. Probably not the prettiest result, but it worked.
It certainly didn’t fall into the Aldi Solent Gin Palace category [emoji6] (although it would handle “The Chop”[emoji16])
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29 September 2023, 07:51
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RIBnet admin team
Country: Ireland
Length: 4m +
Join Date: Feb 2008
Posts: 14,856
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Originally Posted by Pikey Dave
It certainly didn’t fall into the Aldi Solent Gin Palace category ...
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That's a Lidl harsh.
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29 September 2023, 13:14
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Member
Country: UK - England
Town: Glos
Boat name: Jam-First
Make: Ribeye
Length: 6m +
Engine: Selva 100 Spearfish
MMSI: 232051884
Join Date: Jul 2020
Posts: 23
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Quote:
Originally Posted by beamishken
Last one I owned with radar it was sat on a stainless scanstrut with the matching mast head nav light & gps antenna brackets it looked pretty smart. They do lots of different options, not cheap but do look the part
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Do you have any pics of it?
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29 September 2023, 14:38
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Member
Country: UK - England
Town: Poole
Boat name: El Mono
Make: Ribtec 9M
Length: 9m +
Engine: Yanmar 315/Bravo III
Join Date: Aug 2012
Posts: 857
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Maybe more suitable for larger boats, but on my old Ribtec 9m it was on a T-top over the helm which I loved - kept it out the way, well above the head, and the combination of roof and high windscreen was pretty good at keeping me dry too in just about anything!
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29 September 2023, 15:01
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Member
Country: UK - Scotland
Town: north ayrshire
Boat name: charlie girl
Make: S/R5.4/regal3760
Length: 10m +
Engine: Suzukidf70 2x6lp 315
Join Date: Jul 2009
Posts: 3,918
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Do you have any pics of it?
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Not the best pics but hopefully give you an idea looks like you'd need to be sitting down to avoid brain frazzle though[emoji1787] but I guess thats the compromise of radar on a small boat (6.5m)
Either build the Eiffel Tower or keep your head down.
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