This topic just popped up in the "What did you do on your C-Dory today" thread and I think it's time for it to have a place. Cars are coming with back-up cameras, tow rigs have hitch up cameras, and every house on teh block has a half dozen cameras tucked away in teh eves or hanging under the porch light. Must be time to address this for C-Dory's too.
Ski boats have had mirrors since there were power boats pulling people. Cars had them, and now they are required .... in some places on both sides :shock:
I believe it was the first thin I added onto SleepyC when we started using the boat. It was a wide angle rear view mirror, just below the shelf, and set so that from the helm, the whole cockpit is clearly in view. It was to monitor that area when moving. Didn't really set it up to see very far past the outboards. That way I can make sure that whoever is with me, should they decide to take a walk down the hall, are still in the neighborhood. Works for that.
Now I have been passed by the occasional "Hey aren't you glad I didn't run right over you" guy a few times, and no it is never by a kid in a 14ft beercan boat with a 20 hp on the back. Nope, It's the guy with 40 feet between him and the bow wave he is making, and enough horse power to run the Columbia Rive backwards for a week. And a wake that would put the Alaskan Quake tsunami to shame. OK, so now I am a lot more careful about including my radar display into the scan (looking 240* and checking instrument panel very frequently).
So I'm not quite there for a total rear view camera monitor, but I did sleep in a Holiday in Express one night, and woke up with a plan. I had purchased a remote camera and monitor. It is wireless, and with a magnet mount on the camera, for watching the hitch ball when backing up to hook up. It worked for that, but the plan I woke up with was to put it in the boat, hanging from the door, so I could watch my six behind the boat, while I was going down the highway. I worked, for a while, then the camera battery died. New battery, and it's good again. Takes a bit to change the battery, stopping, unscrew the back, etc. :idea: Wire the camera to run off the boats 12VDS system. Perfect. Works like a charm. The monitor plugs into the cig lighter plug in the truck, and the camera plus into the boat. Good for all day, not just 3-4 hours per battery set.
Hmmm could this work on the water? Don't know, haven't tried, but I will. There may be some interference due to the wireless system, and I don't know if it is Bluetooth, green teeth, or what. Just know it works the way I have it.
I have one cig plug in the boat that is wired directly to the battery so it can work with the 1-2-Both-Off switch in the off position. I use that for my anchor monitor GPS and this camera setup.
What are you doing? What is working for you, and how did you do it? Let's hear, see and do. Thanks all.
Harvey
SleepyC :moon
Ski boats have had mirrors since there were power boats pulling people. Cars had them, and now they are required .... in some places on both sides :shock:
I believe it was the first thin I added onto SleepyC when we started using the boat. It was a wide angle rear view mirror, just below the shelf, and set so that from the helm, the whole cockpit is clearly in view. It was to monitor that area when moving. Didn't really set it up to see very far past the outboards. That way I can make sure that whoever is with me, should they decide to take a walk down the hall, are still in the neighborhood. Works for that.
Now I have been passed by the occasional "Hey aren't you glad I didn't run right over you" guy a few times, and no it is never by a kid in a 14ft beercan boat with a 20 hp on the back. Nope, It's the guy with 40 feet between him and the bow wave he is making, and enough horse power to run the Columbia Rive backwards for a week. And a wake that would put the Alaskan Quake tsunami to shame. OK, so now I am a lot more careful about including my radar display into the scan (looking 240* and checking instrument panel very frequently).
So I'm not quite there for a total rear view camera monitor, but I did sleep in a Holiday in Express one night, and woke up with a plan. I had purchased a remote camera and monitor. It is wireless, and with a magnet mount on the camera, for watching the hitch ball when backing up to hook up. It worked for that, but the plan I woke up with was to put it in the boat, hanging from the door, so I could watch my six behind the boat, while I was going down the highway. I worked, for a while, then the camera battery died. New battery, and it's good again. Takes a bit to change the battery, stopping, unscrew the back, etc. :idea: Wire the camera to run off the boats 12VDS system. Perfect. Works like a charm. The monitor plugs into the cig lighter plug in the truck, and the camera plus into the boat. Good for all day, not just 3-4 hours per battery set.
Hmmm could this work on the water? Don't know, haven't tried, but I will. There may be some interference due to the wireless system, and I don't know if it is Bluetooth, green teeth, or what. Just know it works the way I have it.
I have one cig plug in the boat that is wired directly to the battery so it can work with the 1-2-Both-Off switch in the off position. I use that for my anchor monitor GPS and this camera setup.
What are you doing? What is working for you, and how did you do it? Let's hear, see and do. Thanks all.
Harvey
SleepyC :moon
