2 Interior Questions 303SR1
 

1) Anybody know how to remove the cabin speakers in a 1993 303SR1? They look like 4 by 10's, but I can't figure out how to remove the covering?
2) Has anyon installed a plotter or GPS in a 303SR1 and can you mount the GPS pickup on the semi-curved dash in front of the passenger?

Any Info would help! Thanks in advance.
Dave ;)

Dave,

My 303 has a gps mounted in front of the passenger just forward of the glove box. The antenna is mounted on the port side between the bow rail and the windshield (on the flat part of the deck). The previous owner must have done this. I'm not crazy about the placement of the gps, but there really is no other place to mount it.

On a different subject, are you going to the NY boat show? We're going this sat. afternoon. Let me know.

Good luck with your gps. Glad to help.

Dave W. (toolman) ;)

Toolman I will be heading down with a group from Mass and Maine and CT. We will be picking up people all along the way. We will post up as soon as we know when we will be getting in.

Jon

axapowell - I have the GPS antenna on my F-402 mounted on the passenger side dash, just ahead of the instrument pod. It works fine and always has a good collection of satelites.

You can see it in the photos on my boat page at

-GregF-402 Web Page

Toolman: I think I'm going to mount the plotter on the small dash in front of the steering wheel so I can see it while I drive. The GPS antenna (round 4" mushroom) I'd like to mount on top of the dash in front of the passenger, but there seems to be a curvature of the dash there. Don't want to cut a hole to find out it doesn't lay flat! Do you have a pix of your antenna mounted? Not sure if we can make it to the NY show yet. I have a client coming in from out of town on Sat. Maybe Sunday though!

GregP: Thanks for the pix and response. My configuration on the passenger side is much different though. Is your antenna mounted on a pole?

The antenna is mounted direct to the manufacturer base plate. It is "designed" to use a pole but my pole length is 0.0000" :). The antenna mount kit included a "cone" that adapts the actual round/flat antenna to a pole type mount.

-Greg

I was working on a boat today that had a Garmin 225 map mounted on a curved dash. He took pvc pipe and cut it in two different lengths mounted the gps bracket to the top of the pvc and then mounted it to the dash.

It looked really good and most people would never know it was pvc, I may do something similar on my 336 but maybe with anodized aluminumn.

My 95 303 has a factory installed Simrad gps in the dash in front of steering wheel with the antenna on the port gunnel. Oh if you lower the switch pannel in the closet you will the keys to remove the radio and if your trim tabs won't go negative I can tell you how in fix that too. :cool:

Secret,
Do you have the same mushroom antenna as I do? If so, can you get a picture of how it is mounted? Thanks in advance!
Dave :confused:

PS...Thanks Ron

My mushroom antenna is screwed on to a normal antenna mount which in bolted to the gunnel.

axapowell,

I'm living in the 20th century with NO scanner to e-mail you pictures, however my gps antenna is on the port side gunnel about 6 inches back from the port cleat. I just got my boat this year and don't know how well it will pick up the satelite (hopefully good).

Hope that helps!

toolman (Dave) :cool:

When I was searching the net looking for a boat, I saw a picture of a formula with the antenna clamped to the ss grabhandle inside the cockpit, behind the driver's bolster along the side. I have no idea how well it picked up the signals, but it looked slick.

My VHF antenna is mounted to the same interior rail.
Works good but it's in the way when I put up the bimini. Should work fine for a GPS antenna.
My FM radio uses the grab handle (no external antenna) on the port side for it's antenna.
I will be mounting a base on the starboard gunnel for the VHF this spring.