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Re: Fishfinder Transducer Mounting
By:J . P. Scheib
Date: 7/23/1999, 3:17 am
In Response To: Fishfinder Transducer Mounting (M Man)

> Thanks Nick for this forum, I'm building a CLC Chesapeake 18LT and plan on
> rigging for fishing/touring. I'm hoping some has experience with mounting
> transducers inside the hull. In a plastic or glass boat the transducer is
> glued inside with 5200 and the sonar "looks" clean thru it as if
> the hull is invisible.I'm wondering if there are refraction issues or
> other considerations in my scheme. Anyone tried this in a ply/epoxy hull?
> I don't think this would work very well. I have this arrangment on my solid fiberglass hull of my sailboat. I've always been told that this technique does not work on hulls that are composites like fiberglass/endgrain balsa/fiberglass or fiberglass/foam/fiberglass although I have never tried it. I have been planning to do the same thing but have planned to mount the transducer on a stick that sits in the water or attach it to the trailing edge of the rudder

Messages In This Thread

Fishfinder Transducer Mounting
M Man -- 7/21/1999, 1:06 pm
Re: Fishfinder Transducer Mounting
J . P. Scheib -- 7/23/1999, 3:17 am
Re: Fishfinder Transducer Mounting
Stephen Rhodes -- 7/22/1999, 1:57 pm
Re: Fishfinder Transducer Mounting
Hank -- 7/22/1999, 10:03 am
Re: Fishfinder Transducer Mounting
M Man -- 7/21/1999, 1:13 pm