480 MY TV Mounting

Jack-
Sorry, I did not. I was too busy watching Blue Angels and being blown away by the greatest fireworks ever in Baltimore. However, let me try to explain how both of these TVs were mounted:

The helm deck TV is mounted to an articulating arm that is on the starboard side directly behind the helm seat. It is mounted to the main vertical upright in between the wing door and the side windows. The panel on that upright comes off with screws in each corner to allow wires too be run. The articulating arm locks into place when underway with a fairly simple hook and eye. Honestly, I just leave it locked in place nearly all the time. We also have a white canvas cover with elastic edges to cover the TV when not in use.

The salon TV is mounted over the doors where the old school TV was, which are nor permanently closed. So basically we sacrifice that space (it's not like we're lacking storage). So with these doors closed, this provides a good solid surface to mount a basic wall mount for a flat panel. I think ours is 32", it fits in the space perfectly.

I'm going to Mississippi for a wedding this weekend, but I do promise I will get some pics.
 
Tim,

Thanks for the info. I definitely get where you mounted the helm deck. I had not thought about going that direction so i will look at that this week end and see how it would work out. I had thought about mounting directly behind the "Admirals" seat with a bracket attached to the fiberglass below. I have seen the salon done your way and by mounting above the old TV so just curious why you chose one over the other if you even considered going above. As always thanks for the info!
 
Jack-
I feel bad that I didn't take pics, so I perused my files. Here are some pics for you.

Here's a pic of the helm deck mount (sans TV):
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Here's another from a different angle showing the TV and cover as well as the latch (ignore the crazy dogs):
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Here is on of the salon TV, note how I really don't see anywhere else to put it without blocking that stylish mirror:
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And you didn't ask, but here is the master stateroom TV (yes, for those of you who have never seen the inside of a sneaker, that is a chest of drawers. eat your hearts out!):
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PM me with any questions.

Stay calm and sneaker on.
 
Tim,

Thanks for the pictures they help a bunch I am heading down this weekend to begin figuring this project out. I also will be installing DirecTV on the boat as my marina does not have cable. I am taking down a TV and plan to try multiple locations to see what works best. As for the master stateroom the admiral has said any TV must fit inside the cabinet as she does not want to look at it when off so that one may pose a large challenge! Will update after I come up with a plan.
 
Hi Jack and other 480MY guys

Don't mean to hijack your thread but I was hoping to get some feedback on the 480, I've got one under contract with plans to due a survey next week and would love your thoughts on the boat.

Nick
 
Nick-
Feel free to PM me, I'd be curious to hear details. This is a great boat for the right purposes, in fact it is the only boat I could find from any manufacturer that met all my criteria when I was searching. But it is not one of Sea Ray's most popular models so just be sure you buy it right. You also will need to be a little thick skinned. Sneaker ownership is not for the faint of heart. Although 95% of the sneaker bashers will at some point pull you aside and say "I actually like the sneaker". Especially after they actually spend some time on one. This is my 15th boat, I know what I want and how I use a boat and I am not going to swayed by the negativity of jealous douches. But... buy it right.

The then-new president of Sea Ray was on my boat last year and he had never seen the sneaker model before and he liked it. Lol. That was in Atlantic City; we did a little impromptu workshop with the crowd (and I mean crowd!) on the helm deck to see what could be done (or could have been done) to make it less ugly. Ahhh, good times.

FWIW, my criteria were:
- Over 10 years old
- Under 50'
- Three staterooms
- Climate controlled helm
- Enclosable outdoor space for year 'round use
- Easy access to water (no ladders)
- Mid 20's (knots not mph!) cruise
- No Cat 3196s or Detroits

I could have added "ridiculously large master stateroom comparable to most 65 footers," but I didn't want to get greedy.
Some will say that it is "not a good sea boat", whatever the hell that means. Is it a canyon runner? No. Would I want to run unmarked inlets with this boat on a daily basis? No. Where I boat (upper Chesapeake) looks like a lake and I am 200 miles to the Ocean directly and 100 miles via the C&D. But it can get rough and I have encountered up to 4' short frequency seas and the boat has handled it just fine. Plus we made it from Cape May to AC and back last year without tipping over and sinking in the Ocean. We do not hesitate to go anywhere at any time, within the normal bounds of good seamanship.

Good luck!
 
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I agree with everything Tim has stated above. We were looking for a larger boat as the number of grandchildren continues to grow and we found ourselves limited on the 370 as far as room. We wanted a boat that would offer four season enjoyment both inside and out so the conditioned helm was important for us. My wife and I are not getting any younger so easy access to the bow and swim platform as well as no ladders were also both important for us. The stateroom is great as the "climb" on and off our previous berth was becoming a grind.

We brought the boat home in late August during the hottest week of the year and could not be happier. Even on 100 degree days the helm is comfortable (please do not read 70 degrees here) and the ability to use all aspects of the boat while underway is great.

As far as sea keeping goes we have always let the weather be our guide and we do not boat when the conditions say to stay home sp for us this is and will never be an issue. We did hit some waves coming across the Albemarle Sound, probably 3 to four footers and we were able to run at 18 knots no problem.

As we have only owned the boat for a few months I am sure Tim can answer more questions but happy to help and we did search fairly exhaustively so I may be able to comment on boats you are looking at right now. Feel free to PM if you would like some insight on specific boats. Also happy to answer any other questions here so other might benefit from the information as well.

I am curious though from Tim as to the performance you see in terms of cruising speeds and RPM's you run. We have been pleasantly surprised at the performance we have seen.
 
Jack-
Attached you will see the performance sheet as measured by Cummins during my sea trial. Two caveats: 1) the boat was dead empty with the PO having moved all his crap out and me not having moved mine in, plus we were empty of seater and low on fuel. 2) It was cold. Like 35 degrees. I've found that diesels seem to run better when the air is cold and dense. All this to say, that these numbers are a best case scenario.
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Gentlemen,

I was fortunate enough to be asked to ride along with bringing home Jack's 480MY from Hilton Head along with Libby & Jay to Deltaville, VA. I was most interested in seeing how the boat handled along with the bridge AC as I have the 2001 420 AC.

The boat ran great, plenty of power with a great ride in the 3-4 footers with no issues. Must say here that I loved the solid glass windshield system with wipers compared to my esinglass enclosure. As Jack said the bridge AC did a great job considering the temperatures were in the upper 90's to 100 degrees that week.

Jack needs to post some pictures since the boat has been professionally cleaned and brought back to show room condition as Paymus Lee in Deltaville does an outstanding job.

Now it's my turn to follow the leader in rough weather ranther than be the lead dog!
 
Thanks for all the info folks, it is always great to get opinions and input from other boaters who know the product.
 
Here we see the benefits of the glass windshield and wipers... and before you tell me that this is "too wet of a ride", the wind here is blowing 30 knots from the port side and we're going 20 knots, so all the water thrown off by the boat to port, is blown back by the wind. Waves are hard to make out, they are not particularly steep, maybe 3' at most, but they are really, really close together.
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Great day for a boat ride and the sneaker fit well. Surveyed the 480MY today, took that expensive boat ride but enjoyed every minute of it and the boat preformed like a champ. As with any eleven year old boat a few little bugs here and there but overall she came through with flying colors. The gods even turned up the temperature so I wouldn't have to freeze my tail off, very nice of them. Now waiting for that crucial blood test, the oil analysis. The motors turned up to 2350 and she got a turn of speed of 28.7 knots with fuel tanks at half full. Got back to the dock, met the wife and she showed her excitement about the boat. She obviously doesn't get the concept of keeping a poker face.
 
Since I started this thread discussing TV mounting I wanted to post some pictures of the two TV's I have installed to date. The first pictures are of the Helm Deck and the second set is from the Salon. I have a new TV in the master but the admiral wanted it to be contained inside the original cabinet so I am still fabricating the mount for the TV so the door can close and hide the TV. I will post pictures of that one as well as the forward stateroom when I finish. The Helm Deck TV is mounted on a custom bracket we had welded. The salon TV is bolted directly to a piece of plywood that is screwed to cleats in the original TV location. This allowed a very secure, non rattling mount while still attempting to make it look as original as possible. During this process we installed DirecTV on the boat as our marina does not have cable. With the current set up we have the ability to watch separate channels in four locations on the boat and all have access to the DVR. This allows us to record shows and movies which we can watch when we are away from the dock as well. The wiring was also modified to still allow the Glomex to provide video signal as well as the dock side cable connection. Overall is is a great addition to the boat and adds a nice level of comfort. We had people over on the boat both Friday night and Saturday night to watch football and the setup worked great. It was nice to be warm and comfortable watching the games on the helm deck with an outdoor temp in the low 20's.

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Well done! Small capital (in boating world) improvements certainly go a long way to support the creatures of comfort that we are.


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Looks greats, I'm sure you'll get lots of enjoyment out of the new tv's
 
Well made it official, looks like I joined the ranks of you 480MY guys.
 
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