It is so good to see another boatwork video from Ramble On, I always come away with a thought or the beginning of a solution for a job on our boat. You may be interested in the stainless drawer slides from Sugatsune when it’s time to change out the ones you installed. They are reasonably priced, 304, and seem well made. I got mine from Outwater Industries.
I was wondering for a while how to fit a solar arch on a canoe stern!! Looks great! I really want one but with a dingy and outboard lift and wind gen. I wonder if the rear legs could handle the sheer load, being attached to the outside.
Great video, I always learn something new with you guys.. question was it more economical buying the arch compared to manufacturing yourself? I realize you can up your solar panels to have plenty of power but your radar will be moved to another location maybe on the mast?? Thanks for another great video..
I think it’s probably six of one, half dozen of the other. I think it was faster for us to buy the arch and bring it down to Mexico where we could do the work ourselves. I think we could have had it manufactured down here, but I’m not confident it would have looked as nice and clean as we wanted it to look. And finding skilled labor and supplies can be tricky down here. If we had been in the US and had our workshop we could have done it all ourselves.
@ so are you mounting the radar basically in the same spot and if so is there a major difference where to mount the radar.. I only ask this because “We” ie my wife Maria and I will be putting on our own solar arch and dingy Davit on the arch.. Our radar will have to be moved possibly onto the mast..
That is very cool, can’t wait to see it loaded! Nice cushions, love the fabric. 😅
That arch & solar does look great !! 😊
We were so stoked to get it installed!
Great video guys. That arch is awesome
Thanks Norman! We’ve been enjoying your videos. I hope you guys continue on.
Great job with the arch!
Thanks, it was a lot of work but we're happy with how it turned out.
It is so good to see another boatwork video from Ramble On, I always come away with a thought or the beginning of a solution for a job on our boat. You may be interested in the stainless drawer slides from Sugatsune when it’s time to change out the ones you installed. They are reasonably priced, 304, and seem well made. I got mine from Outwater Industries.
Thanks for the tip, we'll definitely look into those!
Great stuff. What solar panels did you end up going with (size, watts, brand)? Also, what made you go with those?
I was wondering for a while how to fit a solar arch on a canoe stern!! Looks great!
I really want one but with a dingy and outboard lift and wind gen. I wonder if the rear legs could handle the sheer load, being attached to the outside.
Yes it will handle the shear load. Our has dinghy davits and an outboard lift (no wind gen though). We’ll do a video on the rest of the install soon.
@@svrambleon That's great to know! Thanks for the reply :) Looking forward to the next installment.
Great video, I always learn something new with you guys.. question was it more economical buying the arch compared to manufacturing yourself? I realize you can up your solar panels to have plenty of power but your radar will be moved to another location maybe on the mast?? Thanks for another great video..
I think it’s probably six of one, half dozen of the other. I think it was faster for us to buy the arch and bring it down to Mexico where we could do the work ourselves. I think we could have had it manufactured down here, but I’m not confident it would have looked as nice and clean as we wanted it to look. And finding skilled labor and supplies can be tricky down here. If we had been in the US and had our workshop we could have done it all ourselves.
@ so are you mounting the radar basically in the same spot and if so is there a major difference where to mount the radar.. I only ask this because “We” ie my wife Maria and I will be putting on our own solar arch and dingy Davit on the arch.. Our radar will have to be moved possibly onto the mast..
We moved the radar to the mast while in the yard. We didn't want it to throw shade on the solar panels.