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[billnpat]

I can only speak for the much smaller 1998 250....

The jack waggon who designed or ultimately decided to have the helm seat so freakin low that Wilt Chamberlin would need a bolster, should be beat to death with a small rock.

I do have a great view while seated though..........Of my compass!

:smt038:smt038 very good.....:thumbsup:

 

[Nehalennia]

If you have a spare video input on your Chartplotter/GPS unit, add a small weatherproof camera and simply look at it on your monitor. Here is one that I plan to add to my radar arch on the interior starboard side.

http://www.specotech.com/cart/products/productDetails.asp?prodID=1135

A thing to consider with video on boats, even though the link posted for a 'weatherproof' camera seems like a decent product, is that vibration delivers a poor image and is tough on cameras.

 

[At Ease]

Why would camera electronics be any more sensitive to vibrations than any of the other electronics on a boat?

 

[tobnpr]

Personally, I don't quite understand why folks stand at the helm why underway, but that's another issue. (I know some boats run too nose high, so I can accept that, but that's not always the case.)

Took me a long time to get used to sitting at the helm. Force of habit, I guess. When I started boating it was a 22' walk-around- and trying to sit in a helm seat while running offshore in 4' seas would either snap the seat post or my back. Standing was mandatory for comfort and safety. I've gotten used to sitting now, helped by the fact that SR's are designed for that- the wheel is too low (I can barely reach it) from a standing position.

During the summer dog days, standing and getting above the windshield is also the only way to catch a breeze...