Salon Window Covers and Flatscreen Mounting

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I have posted a few small projects, for your interest.

Window covers.
http://sail-delmarva.blogspot.com/2010/ ... overs.html

Flat Screen Mounting.
http://sail-delmarva.blogspot.com/2010/ ... nting.html
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Very nice on both projects!
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Thank you. Forums are for sharing; successes, and failures!

For example, I used closet shoe holders a number of places on my boat. Those that are indoors or in the cockpit are fine. Those that are on-deck were utterly destroyed by UV in a season. I am re-making them from both tramp fabric and Sunbrella, because the concept was sound, just not the material.
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I'll look forward to seeing these when we get to the Chesapeake. We just got our mast back up today!
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Actually, if our paths cross, it may be in Cape May. We are leaving Wednesday, heading south to Cape Charles first, and then up to Cape May, where we will be for about 5 days. We'll look for you. We will be either in the harbor or at South Jersey Marina.
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Keep your VHF on. :)
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I made a set of exterior coverings last year out of White Sunbrela but I am reluctant to install them for fear they may scratch the exterior of the windows from flapping in windy conditions.Please let us know in a few months how they are wearing and are they marking the windows.
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I would be intrested to know if you are using any type of TV antena. If so what make and model, how is it working out.
I just finished sitting out Earl in New Bedford harbour. It was not easy to get weather info as I do not have internet access from the boat, so I went to Best Buy and took a look at there 19" Insignia Led TV. It can run on 12 vdc and uses 3 amp. This is less than my fridge. Has any one had any experience with this brand. Good or Bad?
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Regarding the coverings:
* I had covers on my last boat for 5 years - no trouble.
* I cruised them ~ 600 miles since the post - if anything, the windows are cleaner.
* I have head of problems with mesh window covers (Phifertex) putting a checkerboard on the windows (Gemini Yahoo net), buy I have no first-hand expereince.

Regarding the antena:
I have some radio shack cheapy that's pointless. We only watch DVDs and watch little broadcast TV at home, so we don't care.

Personally, I like 110v apliances, because they are so much more common and inexpensive. Yes, there is some inverter loss. I will say this: we have a set of Bose speakers we use with the TV, and they are great on shore power but they hum on the inverter.
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Interesting pictures of the flatscreen mounting, thanks for sharing.

I have the Insignia 19" HDTV that is just a fraction of an inch too high to sit on the shelf. I like the TV because it is one of the only good ones with 12v input, so a $8 cigarette lighter cord from Radio Shack can power the thing. However, I have to pull it out and set it up on the salon table or ledge above the nav station when I want to watch. Having it mounted somewhere permanently would be great. Your mounting is on the ceiling so that a few people sit in the forward salon seats, facing to the stern, to watch. I'd rather have the TV mounted facing the stern, as usually it would be on when a few people are on the boat and we're in the cockpit or standing in the salon casually looking at a football or baseball game. I haven't put my hands around how to do this yet.

Anyway, thanks for sharing all your projects. You are a handy guy with innovative ideas.
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Phenix, have you considered a ceiling mount with a 360 degree swivel? Mine will turn about 270 degrees, but the compression post prevents viewing from the cockpit. However, I can veiw from the galley or lying down (bad back often requires this).

Can you shorten the TV a fraction of an inch? I removed the base from mine.

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> Phenix, have you considered a ceiling mount with a 360 degree swivel?

I've brainstormed a bit about that but was uncertain where I could (or wanted to) mount it to the ceiling. I have not taken the headliner off to see what is behind there, and what would be suitable to attach the mount to.
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Phenix wrote:> Phenix, have you considered a ceiling mount with a 360 degree swivel?

I've brainstormed a bit about that but was uncertain where I could (or wanted to) mount it to the ceiling. I have not taken the headliner off to see what is behind there, and what would be suitable to attach the mount to.
The liner itself is vinyl with a particle board (1/4"?) backing. That is screwed to the deck, which is 1" foam core with ~3/32" skins top and bottom (I holesawed out a core putting in a heater stack). On my mount the weight is spread across 6 of these screws.

In the area under the slider, of course, the inner deck is much thinner. I suppose it could be through-bolted, but getting to the nuts would be interesting. A plate with tapped holes would be trick.
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