Posted by FASTFJR on 09/23/09 - 7:30 AM
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Have any of you Dauntless 180 owners installed a thru hull transducer on your boat?
Thanks
Posted by Tig on 09/23/09 - 1:14 PM
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I experimented with shoot thru on my Dauntless 15. It did not work due to the laws of physics as many here explained/predicted. :) Too much air in the foam of the hull everywhere I tried.
Posted by FASTFJR on 09/23/09 - 2:05 PM
#4
Guts wrote:
I thought you were going to use a shoot thru transducer?
No, I don't think I ever said that?
A shoot thru on a foam filled boat will never work. I believe their are some BW models that have a pocket for one.
Posted by Guts on 09/23/09 - 2:52 PM
#5
FASTFJR I stand corrected... you wanted to use a shoot thru hull transducer. And Chuck Bennett said this;
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"This is a solid area in the hull where you could install an actual thru hull (with fairing block) transducer. This area is about 2 1/2" thick.
If the boat has both the standard and optional livewell, the thru-hull fittings may cause disturbance and give an inaccurate reading.
Where this size boat is typically trailered, I'd recommend the transom mount."
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Like I said back in 01/19/09 [( What's wrong with a transom mount transducer)]
They say you can not use a thru hull in a cored hull ! that's bull ---- / I have done it and it works great on a Montauk 17