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    Posted: 21 Mar 22 at 10:26am
I've been putting a new boat together and have 3D printed a few bits and pieces for it so far (which is quite satisfying), but the thing I'd really like to print off is the back plate from a Tacktick. It seems to me that as most racing dinghies have a Tacktick bracket on them now, it would make a perfect universal mount for all sorts of things such as GoPros, Max, Clinometer, Timer etc etc if I could get the 3D shape for the mating backplate off the Tacktick itself.

I can find lots of resources online for the bracket that fits onto the boat but nothing for the back of a Tacktick itself. Does anybody have a STL file or similar they could share? 
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Have you looked on yeggi?
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Measure it up and model it, or if you have the model for the bracket derive the geometry for the tacktick mount from that?
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Originally posted by 423zero

Have you looked on yeggi?
Yes and a few other websites too. Lots of Tacktick mounting brackets, Tacktick mast/boat supports but nothing for the mating backplate off the compass itself.
Sailmon do one, but at 73EUR I'm not rushing to buy one. https://shop.sailmon.com/product/tactick-converter-mast-bracket/
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I reckon it'd be easy enough to make something functional out of 3mm perspex, I might have a try as I want something to fit two GPS cycle computers to the boat in similar positions to the Tacktick displays.
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