I have always admired and often times envied sailboats which have important instruments mounted right at the binnacle.

After one more boat show, I decided to do the same on Bremer Speck, which came equipped with the typical Nauticat pedestal.
It was a simple but labor intensive project, which I tackled during 2007.

I started out by removing the compass. Then I made a crude template on cardboard. A friend of mine who has all the goodies at his disposal at work, transformed this template into a computer "CAD" drawing.

It was also very convenient, that the company does have a computer guided cutting machine. This enabled us to convert the CAD drawing into the real thing made of 3/16 stainless steel.

I purchased a 1-1/4 inch pedestal guard as well as the instrument housings from the Navpod people.

All else is history. I love my new set-up!

(And history it is because I changed the instrumentation during 2008 but overall it still looks the same)

A picture is worth a thousand words! The installation sequence is shown in the thumbnail photos here below.
Click on each photo to see a larger view.