[Rhodes22-list] Thru Hull Depth Sounder Recommendations

[Mary Lou Troy]

Rummy,
What you need on you boat is all so dependent on where you sail. The 
Chesapeake barges - usually a tug pushing a barge but sometimes a tug 
towing one. They can move very quickly when they are empty. There is 
nothing like being "safely" out of the channel - well out of the 
channel I might add - and having a push barge head straight for you. 
He eventually turned off and headed down the bay but not before we 
had fired up the motor and started motoring for all we were worth to 
get to the shallows and out of his path.

What do you do about the pink elephants? Or aren't they a hazard?

Mary Lou


At 11:51 AM 7/24/2009, you wrote:
>Mary Lou,
>I think the fish finder is possibly the best depth finder you can have.
>Knowing the contour and also being able to find the fish is sometimes
>important  when the wind dies. I can't remember ever seeing a barge on Lake
>Hartwell. I  suppose it could happen, but I haven't drank enough rum 
>yet to see one.
>Pink  elephants are a common site on our lake.
>
>Rummy
>
>
>In a message dated 7/24/2009 10:29:13 A.M. Eastern Daylight Time,
>mtroy at atlanticbb.net writes:
>
>It's  been a long time since I've made this comment but I will put it
>out there  again for those who have never seen it. For the rest this
>will sound like  a broken record. The "centerboard depth sounder" is
>all well and good and  in fact works better than a lazarette mounted
>depth sounder IF all you  want to do is keep from running aground.
>However a depth sounder has many  more uses and for these other uses,
>it doesn't matter where it is located  - it can be   forward under the
>head, in the lazarette or where  ours is located - on the transom. Our
>favorite uses for our depth sounder  are: to see what the depth is
>where we plan to anchor and for  navigating  - knowing when you are in
>or out of a dredged channel,  working your way down a coast or around
>a point by keeping to a specific  depth contour on a chart, making a
>turn for a mark when you cross into a  specific depth in order to
>avoid a hazard, trying to figure out if that  barge that is way out of
>the channel will have to turn or run aground  before he gets to where
>you are - and because ours is a fishfinder -  seeing the bottom
>contours. If we had it programmed to do so, we could  even see if
>there were fish below but we don't. On the Chesapeake, we are  rarely
>concerned about running aground but we are always navigating and  use
>the depth sounder constantly.
>
>Mary Lou
>1991 R22  Fretless
>Rock Hall, MD
>
>
>
>
>At 09:04 AM 7/24/2009, you  wrote:
> >Thanks all.  I believe the Norcross Hawkeye is what I was  looking
> >for at a reasonable price without drilling through the  hull.  As
> >Rummy points out there are a lot of new and improved  depth and knot
> >set up that connect wirelessly; however, they bust the  budget at
> >well over 6 or 7 hundred dollars.
> >
> >We used  Stan's centerboard depth sounder on our '86 and it works
> >very  well.  We've just become "gizmo happy."
> >
> >Appreciate the  help.
> >
> >Bob
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >________________________________
> >From:  Ron Singerman <sail at tds.net>
> >To: The Rhodes 22 Email List  <rhodes22-list at rhodes22.org>
> >Sent: Friday, July 24, 2009 7:12:29  AM
> >Subject: Re: [Rhodes22-list] Thru Hull Depth  Sounders
> >
> >Bob and Kathy,
> >
> >I have the Norcross  Hawkeye "in hull" depth meter ( about $95).  It is
> >mounted in the  lazarette and the read out is on the starboard bulkhead. I
> >did the  installation myself and it was fairly easy.  The instructions
>that
> >Norcross supplies are excellent.
> >
> >Fair  winds,
> >
> > >>ron<<
> >S/V  Serenity
> >
> >----- Original Message -----
> >From: "Bob and  Kathy Quinn" <bobandkathyr22 at bellsouth.net>
> >To: "The Rhodes 22  Email List" <rhodes22-list at rhodes22.org>
> >Sent: Thursday, July 23,  2009 9:05 PM
> >Subject: [Rhodes22-list] Thru Hull Depth  Sounders
> >
> >
> >Need some help. As we have been off of the  list for some time, I am having
> >difficulty locating the Q&A  section. We are specifically looking for a
> >recommendation on a thru  hull depth sounder (one that does not need a hole
> >drilled in the hull).  We know that we have read about them on this list in
> >the past but  neglected to save the information. Sorry.
> >
> >Any help appreciated.  Many thanks.
> >
> >Bob and  Kathy
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