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zebra50
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Initially Posted - 10/06/2015 : 11:16:34

Any suggestions for cabin location for a VHF fixed mount radio?

Jay
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gerardolau
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Response Posted - 10/06/2015 : 13:14:53

below the battery voltimeter.. right on the entrance to the aft berth..

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Gerardo
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Ape-X
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Response Posted - 10/06/2015 : 15:43:06

Both of my boats have had the same position: to Stbd of the companionway, mounted close to the headliner. Makes access from the cockpit feasible, and access in cabin is a standing eye-height affair. :two thumbs:

s/v No Worries, O'Day 28
PO Moe'Uhane - C25 SR/FK #1746

zebra50
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Response Posted - 10/18/2015 : 09:40:12

Ape-X any chance of a photo?
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Tradewind
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Response Posted - 10/19/2015 : 11:44:00

If I were to install a VHF I would mount it on the overhead starboard of the companionway so that I could reach it from the cockpit. I use a handheld Standard Horizon HX850 kept in the starboard coaming pocket.

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Response Posted - 10/19/2015 : 12:45:29

zebra, the boat is all tucked in for the winter. sorry. Each radio is a unique install, hold the radio in and around the companionway, you will find something that suits you.

Tradewind describes the same installation recommendation.

s/v No Worries, O'Day 28
PO Moe'Uhane - C25 SR/FK #1746

mhartong
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Response Posted - 10/20/2015 : 16:50:07

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Originally posted by zebra50

Ape-X any chance of a photo?
thanks

I think the following link to Persephone in the Photo gallery (https://www.catalina-capri-25s.net/cgi-local/MBR_gallery.cgi?Album+2115+85) should give you an idea of what Ape-X and Tradewind are describing.

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Mark

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TakeFive
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Response Posted - 10/20/2015 : 18:02:12

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Originally posted by mhartong

quote:
Originally posted by zebra50

Ape-X any chance of a photo?
thanks

I think the following link to Persephone in the Photo gallery (https://www.catalina-capri-25s.net/cgi-local/MBR_gallery.cgi?Album+2115+85) should give you an idea of what Ape-X and Tradewind are describing.

Regards

Mark

But that location requires removing the factory installed galley light. I wouldn't want to do that. It's better in the ceiling over aft berth entrance.

Rick S., Swarthmore, PA
PO of Take Five, 1998 Catalina 250WK #348 (relocated to Baltimore's Inner Harbor)
New owner of 2001 Catalina 34MkII #1535 Breakin' Away (at Rock Hall Landing Marina)

TakeFive
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Response Posted - 10/20/2015 : 19:23:12

This picture has some extraneous wires hanging around because it was done while an installation was in progress. The wires have since been rerouted inside the cabin liner:

Rick S., Swarthmore, PA
PO of Take Five, 1998 Catalina 250WK #348 (relocated to Baltimore's Inner Harbor)
New owner of 2001 Catalina 34MkII #1535 Breakin' Away (at Rock Hall Landing Marina)

Edited by - TakeFive on 10/21/2015 18:58:01

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Response Posted - 10/21/2015 : 04:07:03

persephone is almost identical, I have the radio facing towards the centerline of the boat though, 90 degrees rotation of the pictures.

also, sorry, I am unfamiliar with the 250's. Looks like they used the wiring from the light for the radio. Clever if wiring size and fusing was sufficient. I would likely not move a light fixture

s/v No Worries, O'Day 28
PO Moe'Uhane - C25 SR/FK #1746

mhartong
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Response Posted - 10/21/2015 : 18:39:32

Interesting

Persephone didn't have a light where you describe. There is a removable plate that allows access (you can see the screws in my picture), but my light is located roughly in the area which would be behind the location where Takefive has his radio ( on the picture from Persephone you can not see it but it is to the right of the DC power panel on the overhead) I never thought about- I just thought that the access plate was actually just intended to make it easier to route wiring the back of instruments on the starboard side and back into where the original factory panel was located. (Also made it easier for rerouting DC to the new DC panel, and AC to the AC panel where the old factory panel was located) The light seemed to make perfect sense being further back in the berth since it gave light in the aft berth.

Maybe difference in models and the way they are wired? For example Persephone has a sail drive, so it had dual batteries from the factory mounted forward under the V-berth and a diesel tank right aft where it seems the battery is located for outboard equipped vessels.

"Persephone"
2007 250 WK # 932
Deltaville,VA
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Edited by - mhartong on 10/21/2015 18:42:38

TakeFive
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Response Posted - 10/21/2015 : 18:56:58

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Originally posted by mhartong

Interesting

Persephone didn't have a light where you describe. There is a removable plate that allows access (you can see the screws in my picture), but my light is located roughly in the area which would be behind the location where Takefive has his radio ( on the picture from Persephone you can not see it but it is to the right of the DC power panel on the overhead) I never thought about- I just thought that the access plate was actually just intended to make it easier to route wiring the back of instruments on the starboard side and back into where the original factory panel was located. (Also made it easier for rerouting DC to the new DC panel, and AC to the AC panel where the old factory panel was located) The light seemed to make perfect sense being further back in the berth since it gave light in the aft berth...

I also have a factory mounted light in the aft berth behind the radio as you describe. That's in addition to the galley light that is mounted underneath the metal plate. Is it possible that a PO removed that light? How do you see in the galley at night without it?

I would have to go back and check, but I believe that the primary purpose of the metal plate is to provide access to the underside of the winches. I think there's an identical one in the head.

Rick S., Swarthmore, PA
PO of Take Five, 1998 Catalina 250WK #348 (relocated to Baltimore's Inner Harbor)
New owner of 2001 Catalina 34MkII #1535 Breakin' Away (at Rock Hall Landing Marina)

TakeFive
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Response Posted - 10/23/2015 : 22:37:32

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[quote]...I would have to go back and check, but I believe that the primary purpose of the metal plate is to provide access to the underside of the winches. I think there's an identical one in the head.

I was down at the boat yesterday so I snapped a picture. The location and size of the metal plate suggests that its purpose is to allow access to the undersides of both the winch and the midships stanchion. Both of those are through-bolted, so access from underneath is critical. There's also an additional access port behind where I show the radio to provide access to the aft leg of the midships stanchion, apparently for the same reason. And I did confirm that there is an identical plate inside the head, and a similar access port in the ceiling liner in the wet locker, both presumably for the same reasons.

The "cereal bowl" that you see in the picture is for access to the rear of my bulkhead-mounted depth display.

Rick S., Swarthmore, PA
PO of Take Five, 1998 Catalina 250WK #348 (relocated to Baltimore's Inner Harbor)
New owner of 2001 Catalina 34MkII #1535 Breakin' Away (at Rock Hall Landing Marina)

gosenbach
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Response Posted - 11/17/2015 : 10:10:02

If you look at this thread (http://catalina-capri-25s.org/forum/topic.asp?TOPIC_ID=29329) you will be able to see where mine is mounted. works fairly well there.

Gregory
(Catalina 250 MkII WK #971)

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