Posted by arrancomrades (arrancomrades@…>)
Hello,
My old Stowe depth souder is on its last legs and I want to replace it
with a fish finder, probably the wee Garmin one. Any ideas about
mounting the transducer? I’m not keen on transom mount and will
probably put it through the hull amidships, well out on the starboard
bilge - accepting that it will not work when well heeled.
One thought is to cut out the inner shell and the balsa and epoxy a
plastic cylinder to the outer GRP shell to put the transducer in oil
which is supposed to enhance thru-hull performance. Any comments?
Any experience with interference from the keel - mine is the “long
keel” version.
Mike Johnston, Arran Comrades (Still for sale!).
Posted by Alan Kusinitz (akusinitz@…>)
The depth thru hull on my 33 is forward of
the head straight through the flat area in the center. No balsa and a pretty
good location.
Alan F33 Hull #51 1982
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Subject: [freedomyachts2003]
Fitting a fish finder to a F33 ketch
Hello,
My old Stowe depth souder is on its last legs and
I want to replace it
with a fish finder, probably the wee Garmin one.
Any ideas about
mounting the transducer? I’m not keen on transom
mount and will
probably put it through the hull amidships, well
out on the starboard
bilge - accepting that it will not work when well
heeled.
One thought is to cut out the inner shell and the
balsa and epoxy a
plastic cylinder to the outer GRP shell to put the
transducer in oil
which is supposed to enhance thru-hull
performance. Any comments?
Any experience with interference from the keel - mine
is the “long
keel” version.
Mike Johnston, Arran Comrades (Still for sale!).
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Posted by William A. Cormack (wacormack@…>)
My F36 has its transducer mounted through the hull under the V berth. It
has worked well and never seems to come out of the water when pounding, at
least not enough to set off the alarm. On my previous boat, a Tartan 30, I
mounted in a similar location but simply attached it to the inside of the
hull (no core on that boat) by putting down a lump of MarineTex and pushing
the unit into the MarineTex. It also worked well but did give a few false
alarms when pounding. In any event make sure you properly seal the core so
that no water can get in.
Bill
Sailing 1986 F36 “Hard Earned” out of New Bedford Yacht Club,
Padanaram, MA
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Hello,
My old Stowe depth souder is on its last legs and I want to replace it
with a fish finder, probably the wee Garmin one. Any ideas about
mounting the transducer? I’m not keen on transom mount and will
probably put it through the hull amidships, well out on the starboard
bilge - accepting that it will not work when well heeled.
One thought is to cut out the inner shell and the balsa and epoxy a
plastic cylinder to the outer GRP shell to put the transducer in oil
which is supposed to enhance thru-hull performance. Any comments?
Any experience with interference from the keel - mine is the “long
keel” version.
Mike Johnston, Arran Comrades (Still for sale!).
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Posted by Thomas Carlton (Finesse@…>)
Same with mine. It works well.
Thomas
L’Audace
F33 Hull #66 1982
— akusinitz@… wrote:
From: “Alan Kusinitz” <akusinitz@…>
To: <freedomyachts2003@yahoogroups.com>
Subject: RE: [freedomyachts2003] Fitting a fish finder to a F33 ketch
Date: Tue, 7 Mar 2006 07:29:45 -0500
The depth thru hull on my 33 is forward of the head straight
through the flat area in the center. No balsa and a pretty good
location.
Alan F33 Hull #51 1982
From: freedomyachts2003@yahoogroups.com
[mailto:freedomyachts2003@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of
arrancomrades
Sent: Tuesday, March 07, 2006 7:19 AM
To: freedomyachts2003@yahoogroups.com
Subject: [freedomyachts2003] Fitting a fish finder to a F33
ketch
Hello,
My old Stowe depth souder is on its last legs and I want to
replace it
with a fish finder, probably the wee Garmin one. Any ideas
about
mounting the transducer? I’m not keen on transom mount and will
probably put it through the hull amidships, well out on the
starboard
bilge - accepting that it will not work when well heeled.
One thought is to cut out the inner shell and the balsa and
epoxy a
plastic cylinder to the outer GRP shell to put the transducer
in oil
which is supposed to enhance thru-hull performance. Any
comments?
Any experience with interference from the keel - mine is the
“long
keel” version.
Mike Johnston, Arran Comrades (Still for sale!).
YAHOO! GROUPS LINKS
Posted by arrancomrades (arrancomrades@…>)
Just to close this off, I did fit the base model Navman finder with
the in-hull transducer while the boat was afloat. I (carefuly) cut
away the inner glass and balsa and embedded the transducer in a
resin pool against the outer glass. The only problem was that on
firing up the finder, it got stuck in a software warp in the
simulation which took some good luck to escape from.
It works very well, installed amidships under the port saloon seat.
Flawless reception to 120 metres, usually good to 180, but not good
at less than 2. I would do it again.
Mike Johnston, Arran Comrades (Still for sale).
— In freedomyachts2003@yahoogroups.com, “arrancomrades”
<arrancomrades@…> wrote:
Hello,
My old Stowe depth souder is on its last legs and I want to
replace it
with a fish finder, probably the wee Garmin one. Any ideas about
mounting the transducer? I’m not keen on transom mount and will
probably put it through the hull amidships, well out on the
starboard
bilge - accepting that it will not work when well heeled.
One thought is to cut out the inner shell and the balsa and epoxy
a
plastic cylinder to the outer GRP shell to put the transducer in
oil
which is supposed to enhance thru-hull performance. Any comments?
Any experience with interference from the keel - mine is the “long
keel” version.
Mike Johnston, Arran Comrades (Still for sale!).