[Rhodes22-list] Re: Yesterday's fabulous transom mount transducer

[andrew collins]

Mary Lou, Gregg and Bill E.- Thanks!

Andrew

On 3/24/06, Gregg J. MacMillan <gjm at macgra.com> wrote:
>
> At 10:10 PM -0600 3/23/06, andrew collins wrote:
> >I had saved your input on a transom mount speed(?) transducer, using
> >a clever arrangement of PVC pipe to
> >make it removable, but cannot find the post. Could you re-post this?
>
> Here it is:
>
> --Gregg
>
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> Date: Fri, 13 Jan 2006 18:19:09 -0500
> From: Mary Lou Troy <mltroy at verizon.net>
> Subject: depth transducer Re: [Rhodes22-list] GPS and Depth Finder
> Reply-To: The Rhodes 22 mail list <rhodes22-list at rhodes22.org>
>
> Rummy mentioned our transducer mount - it's a little tacky but it
> works. We were going to mount our transducer to shoot through the
> hull in the lazarette. In testing it out we found that it worked
> until we got into shallow water (less than 8 ft.) and then turbulence
> either from the keel or the motor seemed to disrupt it. Since our
> transducer was designed for a stern mount we decided to mount it
> there temporarily while we decided what to do. That was about six
> years ago.
>
> The transducer is mounted on a length of PVC. The PVC has a cap on
> the top and two stainless steel hooks that fit over the stern rail.
> One hook supports the  PVC when the transducer is in the water, the
> other supports it in a position well out of the water. A U-bolt with
> a removable plate holds the PVC against the stern rail support
> adjacent to the swim ladder.  Pictures are attached. One is of the
> boat sailing away from the camera. You can see the PVC pipe next to
> the swim ladder and the fishfinder screen on a removable mount next
> to the left of the companionway. Another picture is of the PVC with
> the hook over the stern rail. Next is the U-bolt holding the PVC
> against the stern rail support. The cable runs over the transom and
> along the drain channel at the back of the seats to the line-holder
> for the the centerboard pennant to the screen on the other side of
> the companionway. Last (if these transmit in order) is the transducer
> attached to the base of the PVC.
>
> The transducer reads fairly accurately on the stern. It varies a bit
> from tack to tack but it's close enough to the centerline that this
> isn't an issue. It does come out of the water if we are hobbyhorsing
> over wakes or in steep chop but we try not to do that much.
>
> Hope someone found this interesting.
>
> Mary Lou
> 1991 R22 Fretless
> Ft. Washington, PA / Swan Creek, MD
>
>
>
> At 09:10 AM 1/13/2006 -0500, you wrote:
> >Mark,
> >If you do decide on a depth finder, I'm with Mary Lou, get a combination
> >fish finder/depth finder. We have one on the Chris Craft and they are
> nice
> >because you can see what's on the bottom. Ours also tells us the
> >water  temperature
> >and the unit is mounted on the transom of the boat. You might ask  Mary
> Lou
> >where they have the transducer mounted on the R22.
> >
> >Rummy
> >__________________________________________________
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Andrew