On Sun, 15 Apr 2007 20:14:56 +0700, Bruce
wrote:

Well, as a probably typical boat owner I started out with a dedicated
depth sounder in my first few boats. then I went on a trip with a
bloke had a Hummingbird; substantially cheaper then my Standard depth
sounder and churned out ten same information. so these days it is
Hummingbird all the way.

I had a Hummingbird on my old runabout and it was one of the few
things that always worked reliably.