hi, just wanted to know witch is beter for sailboats inhull or thur hull,also witch unit raymarine ,eagle hawkeye , hummingbird,etc- depth,and or fishfinder thanks
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of any loss by shooting throught the hull with a Hawkeye, depth finder, or with the newer Garmin I have. I would much prefer this to drilling another hole in my boat below the water line. Put the transducer in a baggie of water, sit it in the bottom where you think you want it, and move it around till you get the best return. Then epoxy it there. Just be sure you have no air bubbles in the epoxy. Unless of course you have a cored hull, then you don't have much choice. As to which unit, I have one of the Hawkeyes, and they work very good. There are several choices for under 100 bucks.
of any loss by shooting throught the hull with a Hawkeye, depth finder, or with the newer Garmin I have. I would much prefer this to drilling another hole in my boat below the water line. Put the transducer in a baggie of water, sit it in the bottom where you think you want it, and move it around till you get the best return. Then epoxy it there. Just be sure you have no air bubbles in the epoxy. Unless of course you have a cored hull, then you don't have much choice. As to which unit, I have one of the Hawkeyes, and they work very good. There are several choices for under 100 bucks.
Cheapo method
I didn't want to drill a thru hole on our Oday 22 so I mounted the depth finder to a 2x4. We just throw it over the side of the boat. It still gives us a depth reading no problem. Works for me.
I didn't want to drill a thru hole on our Oday 22 so I mounted the depth finder to a 2x4. We just throw it over the side of the boat. It still gives us a depth reading no problem. Works for me.
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