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General Activities => Main Message Board => Topic started by: shehant on April 21, 2025, 07:21:22 AM

Title: Speaker on the bow?
Post by: shehant on April 21, 2025, 07:21:22 AM
Have any of you all installed speakers on the bow of the boat? If so where?
Title: Re: Speaker on the bow?
Post by: Stu Jackson on April 21, 2025, 07:40:19 AM
Could you share with us the purpose of these speakers?
Title: Re: Speaker on the bow?
Post by: shehant on April 21, 2025, 10:02:15 AM
Just to connect to the stereo system.  I have two 6" speakers in cockpit and two other speakers in cabin, but nothing out front
Title: Re: Speaker on the bow?
Post by: Noah on April 21, 2025, 11:04:38 AM
I hope you don't anchor near me.
;-)
Title: Re: Speaker on the bow?
Post by: krafty81 on April 22, 2025, 08:13:13 AM
Not sure where they could go on the bow unless you hung them from the pulpit. That might get in the way of other stuff though.
Title: Re: Speaker on the bow?
Post by: Ron Hill on April 22, 2025, 02:10:37 PM
she : Think you'd be better off with a BlueTooth head set!

A thought
Title: Re: Speaker on the bow?
Post by: shehant on April 22, 2025, 04:36:14 PM
Food for thought - better zone coverage means lower overall volume if you want to hear :)?

Quote from: Noah on April 21, 2025, 11:04:38 AMI hope you don't anchor near me.
;-)
Title: Re: Speaker on the bow?
Post by: waughoo on April 23, 2025, 02:41:26 PM
Quote from: shehant on April 22, 2025, 04:36:14 PMFood for thought - better zone coverage means lower overall volume if you want to hear :)?

Quote from: Noah on April 21, 2025, 11:04:38 AMI hope you don't anchor near me.
;-)

Shehant is technically right there Noah! 

All jokes aside, the only thing that comse to mind for me is a multi zone stereo like a fusion where you could have a socket that sits in the anchor locker and a set of "deployable" speakers that you plug into that socket and clamp to the bow pulpit.  I can't think of a way of permanemtly deploying speakers up there that wouldn't get the wiped out or damaged when sailing.
Title: Re: Speaker on the bow?
Post by: Noah on April 23, 2025, 03:43:01 PM
It is a 34ft. sailboat. Dance parties on the bow?
Title: Re: Speaker on the bow?
Post by: Jim Hardesty on April 23, 2025, 04:12:21 PM
The only correct songs on the bow of a sailboat are sea shanties.  :D
https://seashanties4all.com/groups-artists/hardtackers-the/

Jim
Title: Re: Speaker on the bow?
Post by: scgunner on April 24, 2025, 06:22:17 AM
I don't have dance parties on the bow but people like to layout to get sun or just hang out but you can't hear the cockpit speakers on the bow. I have given some thought to bow speakers but it hasn't gotten farther than that, it would be nice though.
Title: Re: Speaker on the bow?
Post by: krafty81 on April 24, 2025, 08:41:58 AM
I think a portable bluetooth speaker would do the trick. Just link with your phone. You could also use it ashore.
Title: Re: Speaker on the bow?
Post by: KWKloeber on May 05, 2025, 04:27:52 PM
Quote from: Stu Jackson on April 21, 2025, 07:40:19 AMCould you share with us the purpose of these speakers?

FOG SIGNAL!!!

I'm with Noah!