Morgan Out Island 41 Pedestal Upgrade
Morgan Out Island 41 Pedestal Upgrade When we first bought our Morgan Out Island in 2015, the Previous owner had started on a rudimentary console to hold sailing instruments that surrounded the existing binnacle compass. As it was far from complete we discarded it and built a ply wood “pod” with the intention of housing the existing Raymarine ST60 trio of Speed, Depth and wind instruments. Added to that I purchased a Garmin Echomap 7 inch plotter to give me some navigational data The original pod was functional but far too large and completely interfered with cockpit liveability. If someone was sitting on the front cockpit seat (facing aft) the pod was right in their face. From the helm station, shorter users had difficulty seeing over it (originally designed for my viewing height). The challenge was to keep the same analogue instruments, add switching and migrate to a larger 9 inch MFD. Some people now favour a single pane of glass approach with the MFD serving as both th