I recently acquired a sailboat and noticed a small protrusion about 5x5in, under the starboard side of the hull in front of the keel. I have heard a few things, the one closest is that it is the plug to seal the toilet that is located above in the cabin The original toilet was removed some time in the past and there is now just a porta-potty type setup. Does anyone know what this could be? Any help is appreciated. Thanks
Gonna guess depth transducer also.. Someone went through a bunch of trouble to make the bottom horizontal.. Looks like the fairing block is wood?
I was looking at that also; it is wood of some type. Also there is a depth finder in-dash display in the cockpit. After you mentioned it I started looking around, and it does look similar to some other transducer applications.
It looked to me like a jack stand's pad that some teenage yard worker got stuck to the fresh bottom paint and it miraculously hung on there. But a depth finder transducer seems more reasonable considering its shape. Crazy. That should be fixed and fared, whatever it is. Go to a bilge mounted internal transducer and improve your sailing. It'll be like adding five years of sail trim experience in a few hours.
-Will (Dragonfly)
-Will (Dragonfly)
That was it. Its the Depth sounder transducer. I looked inside the bow(see attached image) thanks for the help!
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I'd remove it and patch the hole. that looks like a hull breach waiting to happen.