1987 E32-3 Inst Pod Selection / Install help.....

[rbonilla]

Anyone have advise on selection / install of a 1987 E32-3 inst pod at the wheel? Is there a mdl
of NavPod that would work for three inst, a tac, a Garmin Map ( the wide one) and a garmin auto steering
head..aprox 4"x4"?.... We would like to mount in one pod..right above the wheel...thanx !!

 

[Christian Williams]

"I sketched a custom acrylic box to use a Garmin bracket like that of the GPS. Santa Monica Plastics made it for $140. Both instruments rest on a Star Board and Trex platform backed by a teak cup holder. It works fine. You can also use wood, glue-weld your own plastic, repurpose a 5” electrical junction box, have Maine Sail make you one or buy a nav pod for that clunky, expensive look."

 

[Loren Beach]

Mounting cautions.

First read the manufacturer's minimum 'compass safe' distance for whatever make and model you are installing. Then check the case on the plotter for a powerful permanent magnet holding the chart chip door closed (those that have this were designed for a more distant dashboard mounting on power boats.
We found a make and model of new plotter with a friction catch, when we up graded instruments a couple years ago.

I also removed the ss guard and had it extended about a foot so that there was room under the arch for a 9' plotter. Admittedly our other sailing instruments are bulkhead-mounted... they might be a bit handier - at times- at the helm, but there's no room for them there. Our AP control head is beside the helm on the combing, so is easily viewable/reachable from the helm.

I have some pix in an older thread here.

And here is a thread with a nice home built holder.
http://www.ericsonyachts.org/infoexchange/showthread.php?2391-Instrument-Consoles

Loren

 

[MMLOGAN]

Home made pod

Our home rolled solution below. We were able to move some of the engine instruments up from the original location. Added the ram mic and a light on the bottom to illuminate the table and the forward area of the cockpit. This was cast in fiberglass. I could not find a manufactured pod that would accommodate our instruments in the configuration we wanted.