Pete, I had a Questus back stay pole and dampened mount on a C&C 36 for 7 years. Worked great and would have used a Questus pole again if they had a model that fit over Calypso's Sailtec backstay adjustor.
On Calypso we have a fixed aluminum pole with an early model of the Scanstrut radar platform that is not self-leveling but we do have the ability to tilt the platform manually. It also has performed well for 14 years. It is rare that we need to tilt the radar platform. For us the tilt function was added for long offshore tacks not so much for inland waters. I do recommend you have plenty of dampening in place for a self-leveling platform. A friend had his poorly dampened platform mounted radar fail at sea when the constant motion caused many conductors in the radar cable to fail. The repeated bending stress lead to the copper strands fracturing. It was fixed underway in time to make a difficult landfall. Martin DeYoung Calypso 1971 C&C 43 Seattle [Description: Description: cid:D1BF9853-22F7-47FB-86F2-4115CE0BAF2F] From: CnC-List [mailto:cnc-list-boun...@cnc-list.com] On Behalf Of Pete Shelquist via CnC-List Sent: Saturday, August 29, 2015 8:03 AM To: cnc-list@cnc-list.com Cc: Pete Shelquist Subject: Stus-List Self leveling Radar mount I'm reviewing a couple different types of self-leveling radar mounts for a pole. Seaview and Scanstrut are two that I'm finding. Anyone have experience with either, or yet another brand? Thanks,
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