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Posts: 225
Location: MHC
Location: MHC
Thu Aug 24, 2017 3:45 pm
Would like to have a small "white board" on/at my center console to jot notes, and also so someone could make notes in an emergency situation. I was thinking a small piece of acrylic and a grease pen. I have a good 12x12 or so size area right next to the steering wheel where it could be easily mounted and used.
Anyone else use something similar?
Anyone else use something similar?
Posts: 34
Location: Surf City
Location: Surf City
Thu Aug 24, 2017 4:19 pm
An underwater Diver's slate would be perfect for this. Cheap and write's on when wet.
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2009 26’ Sea Hunt Gamefish twin 150’s
Posts: 25
Location: S.W. Ga/St James Island Fl
Location: S.W. Ga/St James Island Fl
Thu Aug 24, 2017 4:43 pm
I keep a water proof note pad and pen in compartment on console.
Posts: 211
Location: Wilson NC
Location: Wilson NC
Thu Aug 24, 2017 6:03 pm
I keep a Ritchie wetnotebook on the top of the console and keep notes. Would do the same thing you are looking for. Link below.
https://www.amazon.com/Ritchie-W-50-Wet-Notes-8-Inch/dp/B0000VXAZQ
https://www.amazon.com/Ritchie-W-50-Wet-Notes-8-Inch/dp/B0000VXAZQ
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Thu Aug 24, 2017 7:33 pm
| Jeanjockey wrote: |
| An underwater Diver's slate would be perfect for this. Cheap and write's on when wet. |
This is what I use
Posts: 225
Location: MHC
Location: MHC
Thu Aug 24, 2017 7:55 pm
Thanks for the ideas. I like both those solutions, but think the divers slate is more what I was looking for.
Posts: 825
Location: Chapel Hill/Pine Knoll Shores, NC
Location: Chapel Hill/Pine Knoll Shores, NC
Thu Aug 24, 2017 10:10 pm
I think it would be much easier to write on a note pad/clipboard, that on a fixed board on the console, when it is choppy.
Posts: 567
Location: Winston Salem
Location: Winston Salem
Fri Aug 25, 2017 5:48 am
| glacierbaze wrote: |
| I think it would be much easier to write on a note pad/clipboard, that on a fixed board on the console, when it is choppy. |
This is the problem i ran in to when i did it. It looked like my 5 year old niece got ahold of it. So i went with a "rite in the rain" notebook. Used these notebooks during college as most of my classes were in the field (woods, river, creek, snorkeling, on the water, etc) we had class rain or shine and this notebook was a life saver. You can use ink or pencil. I tested it out by writing the alphabet over and over in ink until i covered the whole page and then submerged it in a bowl of water. Left it sitting there to see how long the ink and paper would last. A month later i finally pulled it out and every letter was like i just wrote it on there. Took a paper towel and wipped across it and nothing smeared. Turned it over to the back and wrote my name on it and it wrote like new. I reccomend everyone have some kind of book like this for their boat if they dont have one already. As for the board, some may like it, i personally did not like that route for the fact that it was a pain to write on when it was choppy and even just accidentally rubbing up on it wiping half of what you wrote away.
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Location: To far west from saltwater.
Location: To far west from saltwater.
Fri Aug 25, 2017 9:00 am
Fullspekdrum, and Seapro I got to do this myself, and
thanks for the post. My book looks like it was written
in water colors. These are good ideas. Charlie
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thanks for the post. My book looks like it was written
in water colors. These are good ideas. Charlie
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Posts: 225
Location: MHC
Location: MHC
Fri Aug 25, 2017 10:21 am
Thanks for the first hand advise seapro. Based on that I'll try the notebook first. Both options are cheap, so if you don't like one way it's an easy fix.
Posts: 64
Location: Wilmington
Location: Wilmington
Sat Aug 26, 2017 4:41 pm
What Last Chance said.
That's what I've done for years.
That's what I've done for years.
Posts: 64
Location: Wilmington
Location: Wilmington
Sat Aug 26, 2017 4:44 pm
What Last Chance said.
That's what I've done for years.
That's what I've done for years.
Posts: 726
Location: Ilm
Location: Ilm
Sat Aug 26, 2017 6:07 pm
I also use a pencil on the gel coat right beside the helm. When I come in, I wipe it clean.
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