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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