Is it Spring yet?

davidbrooksdavidbrooks Member Posts: 1,399 ✭✭✭✭
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It's 5 O'Clock Somewhere!
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  • LaReaLaRea Member, Moderator Posts: 7,765 mod
    Wow, you've been busy!  The Simrad has a transducer mounted to the transom?  Is that primarily for fishing, or is it your primary chartplotter?
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  • rasburyrasbury Member Posts: 8,433 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Dang, I just went boating this winter....
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  • davidbrooksdavidbrooks Member Posts: 1,399 ✭✭✭✭
    @larea it is primarily for fishing and backup for depth.  Backup for chartplotter.  My primary Chartplotter is a  Garmin 5208.  I went with the transom mounted for a few reasons.  Temp, ease of mounting, didn't want to conflict with existing depth finder and oh did I mention cost and @rasbury funny my invite to go fishing with you must of gotten lost in my spam folder.  Dang rub it in will ya. 
    It's 5 O'Clock Somewhere!
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  • Dude_HimselfDude_Himself Member Posts: 596 ✭✭✭
    Also: Simrad doesn't offer a TotalScan Thruhull transducer. I'm surprised.
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  • Dude_HimselfDude_Himself Member Posts: 596 ✭✭✭
    @davidbrooks: any photos of your transducer mount? Doing mine this week, went with the GO5 since I already have a VV7 on the dash. Thanks!
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  • davidbrooksdavidbrooks Member Posts: 1,399 ✭✭✭✭
    @Dude_Himself no pics.  I mounted it about 3in to the right of the drain hole and inline with the bottom of the boat.  The one thing i didn't do that i would highly recommend if your boat stays in the water is to paint it.  Spray the metal with a protective coating suitable for metal and then put an antifouling paint on the bottom plastic designed for transponders.  Not the normal bottom paint containing copper though.  I had to pull my boat out of the water due to an accident and was surprised to see that the barnacles loved it.  
    It's 5 O'Clock Somewhere!
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  • Dude_HimselfDude_Himself Member Posts: 596 ✭✭✭
    Nah, it's a Rinker 280 EC Trailer Sailer. I'm a nut. I still can't believe I trailer a 5T Express Cruiser around like a cuddy.
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