Who has a 12" chartplotter...

Back in the day (my last run was in '90 I think) we didn't get any escorts that I remember until we were getting pretty close to the floating bridge.

The CO made a point to tell me that it was critical to be lined up on the bridge opening and verify the bridge was in fact open at 2 miles out... which isn't much past Pt Hannon to be honest... that was the "go/no-go" waypoint for safety to get that thing stopped if necessary. That made an impression on me.

I don't remember the speed through the bridge, but seem to recall our speed limit once we turned down into the sound past Pt Townsend was 12 kts.

Memories...
 
Gary, I started boating up here in 2000. At that time there were escorts, USCG I believe, maybe a Cutter and a fast boat or two. Now there are 2 Navy side-by-side escorts, a USCG cutter and a pair of Navy fast boats in the 40 - 50 foot range. They make huge wakes. The side-by-sides almost completely hide the "sail". Always fun to see them go by -- from a distance -- to know there is some huge power there.

Harvey
SleepyC :moon

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Update on MFD install:

From what I can tell, not all C-Dory dashes are created equal. My '91 cruiser dash has a 'hump' in the middle of it apparently intended to give more clearance round the steering mechanism and any gauges that might be above it. It sounds like the hump was removed in newer models, so you may not need to do the surgery I had to do to shoehorn a 12" MFD into my dash... but if you DO, this is how I did it.

First photo is an overhead view of the "hump" at the bottom. The "frown" shape is the slot I cut into the hump with a Dremel tool. The big circle cut in the upper left corner was for the compass that the previous owner had installed. I pulled that compass to make room for the MFD. At some point in the future, I'll tidy things up with some Star Board.

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This is a shot looking aft from the windshield at the slot I cut...

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This shows how the standard bracket supplied with the Garmin MFD slides into the slot that I cut...

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And here's the final fit. It sits as low as possible, I can see over it just fine - but readily accessible and easy to operate. I did slide it a little left (inboard) to give a bit more clearance from the windshield and also allow room for something to be mounted to the right of it.

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Gary, very nice looking mounting job. And, nice and clean looking helm.

Harvey
SleepyC :moon
 
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