Cockpit Camera

THANKS so much for the inside scoop.........now that I know, I may just wait until they go on clearance........what a deal it would be then!
It is nice to know that chivalry is not dead. What a thoughtful guy you are. Just imagine, no more weed whipping.........brings a tear to my eye!
I was really hoping for a windlass for Mother's Day but I guess Rick is thoughtful too. He got me the best damn pair of leather work gloves that Walmart had to offer. I am a lucky woman. Maybe next year for the windlass!
Donna
 
Yeah, Mike's a considerate type of guy. As am I. When I bought my Kubota tractor and backhoe and all the attachments, I got Sally a new high speed fiberglass red handled rake. Now tell me, aren't I wonderful!! And it wasn't even Mother's Day!! :shock:

Charlie
 
Mike,
Way cool! Home Depot got run out of VA Beach area where I live by LOWE's and Builders Square. True Value is still around and Harbor Freight, also. Time to go shopping for abt a 6" LCD monitor that will fit, and the camera...

UM, can I do the pair for <$200.00?? The older stuff I have does not accept external video. Ah, yes, the search is the game.....

Mike, You did real good on the buy.
 
OK...so Tyboo Mike... how much concrette and green stain would it take to not mess up fishing with yard work at all? Cool camera. Going to take a gander at these for sure. I can not see my trailer when backing down a ramp in the Excursion when the boat is not on the trailer. I am kinda use to it..but if I have help at the ramps, it would be nice for them to see the trailer....or...for those times when the door bell rings during a NASCAR race or SEC football game.......and ya wantta know if it is a friend with beer and pizza or some $hithead selling something. If you are hungry....it is sort of worth getting up for a look see. Now with this plus my radio controled gadget for the grill that gives me wireless internal temps of the meat on the grill.... life can be good on the non-boating days.
 
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OK... I can not see my trailer when backing down a ramp in the Excursion when the boat is not on the trailer.
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Our local Talking Heads did a segment on blind spots for the news. They successfully "hid" over 47 three and four year olds in the blind spot behind a Kia minivan. I think the story also includes a Ford Excursion but I do remember well over 100 kids can be hidden back there.

Backup cameras are getting popular and well worth the minimal effort required to install. Especially for old pharts who strain to turn their heads and even need backup cameras for their boat.
 
As long as we're talking backward visibility with the boat and / or trailer, I'll add that backing down a ramp at night (as in the pre-dawn darkness to get out to the fishing early) can also be a time of very limited visibility.

I added two driving light style lamps to the back of the cabin of my boat, originally to be able to light up things at night when anchored or on shore, but the best use I've honestly found for them is to turn them on when backing down a ramp in the dark.

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Lights up the whole world behind to make launching just like daylight. (My ordinary tow vehicle backup lights just mostly over illuminates the bow of the boat and do more to blind you than help you see behind.)

They're really worth it if you do this very often!

Joe.
 
Another great suggestion, Mike.

I will have to think this one through for the camper back configuration I have. Maybe a light on the grab rail by the pumpout port?. UMMM
 
Thought you might like an update on the great little video cameras I found for $50 each. Well, it turns out the things ain't worth fifty bucks. They are supposed to be outdoor and weatherproof, but the one I put on the aft cabin top sucked in moisture and made itself useless. It still worked, but the picture wasn't so hot.

Now then, for $160 I replaced it with a camera that is supposed to be safely submersible to 90'. It is also reverse-image so now my kicker is on the correct side of the boat when I look at the screen. So far so good with the new camera. Looks great. This is the guy here and where I got it. I didn't use the mount gizmo that came with it. I just screwed it onto a setscrew tapped into the plastic mount base I already had. Even got the angle pretty good on the first try.

The second fifty buck job might turn out to be worth fifty bucks. I put it inside the rode locker so I can see the pile of rope and chain in there when running the windlass. What a great idea that turned out to be. It shows the underside of the deck where the rode comes thru and the top of the pile of rope/chain. I can see if a kink is on its way to the windlass going out, and can see if the chain pile hasn't fallen down and is likely to jam the windlass. Used it this weekend and it was really cool. Maybe it will last longer inside the hole, although it is damp in there.

The Garmin 3210 accepts two video inputs, and I just push a button to see whichever one I want (only one at a time). My normal screen mode is to have 1/2 chart, 1/4 radar and 1/4 rear looking video. That's on clear days when I don't need the full screen radar display.

I like it. Now, if the stupid Wallas wasn't acting up.....
 
I don't have one for use on the boat but I did mount a camera in the
flagpole holder for use on the road. A cable runs up to the towing
vehicle and I have a surplus lcd monitor mounted on the dashboard.
This lashup works ok but not great as the camera was no prize but
is color and the image is not reversed but cost was right at zero.
When I launch I unscrew the setscrew and coil up the wire and put
the whole setup in back of the SUV. After I built it I discovered that
for a hundred bucks you can get a wireless camera from Walmart
that mounts on the rear plate of your car. Has a small screen like
four inches or so. The Walmart had one setup to view in the store.
On the boat I used a simple vanity mirror for two bucks.
Bob Heselberg Eatonville Wa
 
If anyone's looking for a camera and monitor set up that they can bolt on without electronic skills, Harbor Feight has an underwater camera that is Ni-Cad battery powered (6 hrs on a charge), so their's no power hook up, and all the parts plug together w/o adaptors or soldering plugs.

The entire set up is waterproof and can be rigged up on your trailed boat, on the boat in the water, or under water, and even on your downrigger to watch the fish strike. It's B/W with Night Vision and a built-in Illuminator in camera.

$100, and it works well, too!

Underwater Camera

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Joe.
 
On the boat I used a simple vanity mirror for two bucks.
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And that's a great idea. Lots of folks use those on the CDs, but the older CD25 has no windows in the aft cabin bulkhead, and the small one in the door is off center to starboard. Really difficult to watch the fishing poles while trolling. The camera sees four out of six pole holders, and I figure if there are enough people on board to use all six of them then surely someone else can drive so I can watch the poles proper like.

For a couple of seasons I used some removable side view mirrors. Those worked great, but I looked like a dork. Now with this video camera up there I look like a nerd. Not saying nerds are better - just different.
 
I have had a rear-view camera for the past several seasons...(I haven't read the string of posts in this topic; I was just jumping up C-BRATS for a short while and thought I'd add my two-cents worth)!!
I spend most of the time on by 22' Cruiser doing patrols for the Coast Guard (with the USCG Auxiliary) and my blindest spot was straight behind! So it seemed as if a rear-view camera (like motorhomes use) would make a lot of sense . . . it does!! (A plus is that the microphone on the camera, which sits right above the cabin door and gives a good view of both port and starboard from the stern, lets me in on some of the conversation in the cockpit.
(Again, without reading the other posts, I made sure to get a wide enough angle camera so that the view is sufficient to see what I want to see astern.)
therevdr on DRIFTWOOD DREI
 
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