If you want a stand alone depth finder, check the Hummingbird. On my P28 I replaced a datamarine by cutting a piece of starboard in a 6 inch circle and then cutting a hole for the instrument. I placed the transducer in the bilge with vasaline. Worked for 2 years until I sold the boat.
Joel 35/3 The Office Annapolis. On Tue, Oct 9, 2012 at 8:16 AM, Hoyt, Mike <[email protected]> wrote: > ** > How about adding a couple hundred to purchase budget and buying a modern > depth display and mounting in cockpit. Great variety of budget ones here > http://www.defender.com/category.jsp?path=-1|344|2028690&id=2028818 > > I love the Raymarine ST40 in this category. Lort of instrument for the > price > > BTW - this weekend we were sailing in a vet deep water harbour (Halifax) > rounding an island (Georges) and I happened to glance at depth display and > saw 11 feet under keel. That was not good. HAd the display been inside > cabin it would not have been noticed and we would have grounded very hard > > Mike > > > ------------------------------ > *From:* CnC-List [mailto:[email protected]] *On Behalf Of * > [email protected] > *Sent:* Monday, October 08, 2012 8:25 PM > *To:* [email protected] > *Subject:* Stus-List 26 Instruments > > Hi- I am buying a C&C 26 from around 1977. The boat has a Datamarine LX > 360 and S100 K II. And a Simpson Echo 1. I bought the manual but can't find > much on the original instruments. Top priority is getting a working depth > finder. The Echo is mounted inside the cabin which I can't understand you > can't see it from the cockpit. Any help would be appreciated. The > transducer for the Echo looks in good shape it is made from bronze. Is it > usable with something like a newer Moor depth finder. Moor looks like they > would fit in the datamarine holes. Thanks Bill Sterling > > _______________________________________________ > This List is provided by the C&C Photo Album > http://www.cncphotoalbum.com > [email protected] > > -- Joel 301 541 8551
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