Do you have access to the inside of the hull? You *can* mount it inside if
you use slow set epoxy to secure it. The slow set insures that there are no
bubbles that would interfere with the sonar.

--Mike

"Shortwave Sportfishing" wrote in message
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On Thu, 25 Aug 2005 01:44:50 GMT, Shortwave Sportfishing
wrote:

Any suggestions where I could mount a dept finder on the new sail
boat?

Or even how for that matter.

Make that depth finder transducer.

My bad.

Later,

Tom

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Shortwave Sportfishing wrote:
Any suggestions where I could mount a dept finder on the new sail
boat?

Or even how for that matter.


Anywhere below the waterline.

A common place is on the centerline under the V-berth. Personally, I
like to put depthsounder transducers in tubes but a lot of people don't
like holes in the hull.

You can put the transducer in a "wet box" installation which doesn't
require a hole in the hull. No holes, but it's more difficult to adjust
properly and may not work as well some of the time. It's the same as
putting it in a tube, but no hole in the hull. Since fiberglass carries
sound waves excellently, leave the hull intact and just fill the tube
with glycerol (I've also heard of people using Crisco). Put the
transducer in.
http://www.marinews.com/electronics/...thsounder.html
(scroll down about half way)

Fresh Breezes- Doug King

Shortwave Sportfishing wrote:
Any suggestions where I could mount a dept finder on the new sail
boat?

Or even how for that matter.

Later,

Tom


I wonder if there is some kind of 'owners association' for your new
baby? Good way to get advice and learn from others who have already
added that option.

Why is it boat builders seem to think a depth finder is an option anyway?
I'm having a hard time thinking of a reason to not have one. Even if you
primarily boat well offshore you're still going to need to approach the
occasional unknown coastline.

"Don White" wrote in message
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Shortwave Sportfishing wrote:
Any suggestions where I could mount a dept finder on the new sail
boat?

Or even how for that matter.

Later,

Tom


I wonder if there is some kind of 'owners association' for your new baby?
Good way to get advice and learn from others who have already added that
option.

Harry Krause wrote:
Shortwave Sportfishing wrote:

On Thu, 25 Aug 2005 01:44:50 GMT, Shortwave Sportfishing
wrote:

Any suggestions where I could mount a dept finder on the new sail
boat?

Or even how for that matter.


Make that depth finder transducer.

My bad.

Later,

Tom

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Find a flat spot on the bottom, and do a through hull jobbie, and
compensate for however much more of your boat is lower than the hole.

I've heard sailors recommend forward of the keel to avoid turbulance,
but that may not be possible in a full keel type boat.

Shortwave Sportfishing wrote:
Any suggestions where I could mount a dept finder on the new sail
boat?

Or even how for that matter.

Later,

Tom

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Remove four, replace with swsports,
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You'll need a fairing block.
Obviously you won't be able to put the transducer on the deepest part
of the hull, (the keel), so you simply measure and make a note to
subtract X inches from the reading on the DS to determine actual depth
under keel. (on my boat, it's 21 inches so I use two feet.

My vote would be to do a standard, through hull installation unless you
hull is cored and there is no solid "plug" available for the purpose.
IMO, these Mikail Rodent shoot through the hull installations are a
pain in the butt. I was aboard a boat where a big tube full of seawater
rose up in the middle of the engine room, surely a perpetual nuisance,
and the explanation was that it was the owner's quick and dirty method
of installing a DS.