Setting up the hailer....

I was thinking about how I could mount the hailer speaker on the boat.  The hailer speaker is used for the fog horn and the loud speaker for the VHF radio.   I have always had good luck with the Rail-Mount Boat Hook Pole Holder from United Yachting.  These can be ordered at WestMarine or your local chandlery.  The bottom part of the bracket makes a nice mount for anything round.

So I purchased a hailer speaker from Kim at www.columbiamarineexchange.com.  Then drilled holes to make the mount patterns of the boat pole holders.

Boat Pole holders.

The next step is to tape the nuts in place so they won't fall into Davy Jone's locker.  Next I soldered the wires from the hailer to speaker wire and heat shrunk the the wires to seal them.

Next I mounted the the device to the TV antenna that was on the Bimini rail.

With the three boat pole mounts attaching the speaker to the antenna riser it is certain not to move while under the wildest of waves or conditions at sea.

Next step tomorrow is to route the  cable to the VHF.  We purchased the Standard Horizon GX2150 from Columbia Marine Exchange.  It has the automatic hailer and fog horn.  Our intent is to use the speaker as the hailer for the fog horn once  at sea.