Steve:
Both my speed and depth are under the starboard settee locker just
behind the head's bulkhead, so one compartment forward of where yours is
now.
Rob Abbott
AZURA
C&C 32 - 84
Halifax, N.S.
On 2014/02/13 10:06 AM, Stevan Plavsa wrote:
Hi All,
I installed depth and speed last season and I re-used the old
through-hull transducer (no hole) and that works fine. However, that
transducer is located under the starboard settee (the one forward of
the nav station) and because it needs to be encased in mineral oil (or
whatever it is in there) it's in a big piece of pipe right in the
middle of that storage area. Needless to say, I don't use that storage
area very much and I would like to.
I've also had some problems with the depth instrument, sometimes it
stops reading and I suspect the old cable or the transducer.
My thinking is to drill a new hole in the hull up forward (currently
it's next to the keel), and install the thru-hull that came with the
unit and run the new wire. I'm hoping that this will achieve two things:
better working depth instrument (with full range)
a usable storage compartment (valuable on my small boat)
Now my question to you all: is it worth the trouble? Drilling a hole
in the boat is typically avoided and I already have the following holes:
Engine raw water intake
Two scuppers
Galley drain
Head drain
Head intake
Speed thru-hull
That would make eight with a new hole. Too many?
I've replaced almost all of the thru-hulls and original gate valves
with new bronze thru-hulls and proper seacocks.
Thanks,
Steve
Suhana, C&C 32
Toronto
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