I am looking a the picture posted and am confused??? I've never seen a tick-tack mounted that far forward on a pole. Most of the time they are mounted much further aft on the pole. Since someday I would like to have a neat toy like that I would like to know reasons for mounting that far forward?

On my H-18 I have mounted compasses in the hull ports, they hurt when you sit on them!!! and I can't see them from the wire. But they are great with the magnum wings, the compasses are at your feet. Most the time I just suffer w/ my good ole' Garmin 12 around my neck. I haven't found a method/location that I'm confident will work and won't let the $$$tick-tack$$$ get torn off the boat by the jib-sheets of the big overlap P-19mx jib.