Need your opinion on Garmin location

[jgresham75]

I have a Garmin 7 inch chart plotter I want to install on my 2017 242x. Trying to find the best place. Any idea? Here are 2 places I have thought about, 1 on the dash and one off to the side. The dash blocks a lot of my view while the side mounting is not the most visible.

Any other thoughts or pictures of yours, or pros and cons to my locations?

Thanks

 

[WiskyDan]

I have a 7” Garmin as well and mounted it just forward of the throttles with a Ram mount - it’s been great. The base of the Ram mount is close to where the warning sticker is at the left edge of your second photo.

I would,not mount it on the dash - did that on my 2015 242LS and when I got up on plane it blocked too much of my view.

 

[Hot2Go]

Definitely get a ram mount. Had one on the hummingbird helix 5, so nice being able to articulate it better and mount it better than the mounts that they come with.

 

[WiskyDan]

Here are the Ram parts that I used - I’ll try to find a photo of how it looks.

 

[Babin Farms]

Here is the link to what I did and I have no regrets.

Post in thread 'The official "What did you do to your jet boat today" thread.'

Jun 13, 2020

Installed the Garmin Echomap Plus 73CV using a suction cup Ram Mount. Seeing the factory depth finder didn’t work but had power, I used those wires to power the unit. I’ll have to install the transducer another day since we’re going to the river later in the day.

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